This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Someone encountering an “Analytical Engine” ...

The first programmable computer—if it were built—would have been a gigantic, mechanical thing clunking along with gears and levers and punch cards. That was the vision for Analytical Engine devised by ...

Tuesday marks Ada Lovelace Day, designated to celebrate the woman who is widely regarded as the world's first computer programmer and original BAMF for her work in the early 1800s. Born in 1815, ...

Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for girls ...

A view of the Ada Lovelace exhibit at the Science Museum in London, England. A century before the first computer was developed, an Englishwoman named Ada Lovelace laid the theoretical groundwork for ...

From 1832, when she was 17, Ada’s remarkable mathematical abilities began to emerge, and her interest in mathematics dominated her life even after her marriage in 1835 to William King, 8th Baron King, ...

Watercolor portrait of Ada Byron Lovelace. By Alfred Edward Chalon – Science Museum Group. Via Wikipedia. Augusta Ada Byron King was the only legitimate child of legendary Romantic poet Lord Byron.

On Sunday night, Halt and Catch Fire returned with its fifth episode of the season, "Adventure." At times, the episode, which introduced viewers to Joe MacMillan's father, made it seem like we might ...

My favourite Financial Times journalists are Lucy Kellaway and Gillian Tett. And I can’t help wondering if it is coincidental that both are women… Maybe, but maybe not. Neither of their approaches are ...

In her recently released book "Broad Band", Claire L. Evans wants readers to learn about women who have been forgotten in tech history. Ada Lovelace may not be a household name like Steve Jobs but she ...

A century before the first computer was developed, an Englishwoman named Ada Lovelace laid the theoretical groundwork for an all-purpose device that could solve a host of mathematically-based problems ...