Ada Lovelace

"In abstract mathematics, of course operations alter those particular relations which are involved in the considerations of number and space, and the results of operations are those peculiar results which correspond to the nature of the subjects of operation."

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Source: Action Bronson in the Lap of Luxury. Interview with Dan Buyanovsky, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2012.

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

Mathematician, Writer

Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and writer, known for her work on the first algorithm and her visionary ideas about computing.

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