In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician ...

It might be difficult to believe that the first computer programmer was a woman who died in 1852, or that the first general purpose computer was designed in 1837. Computers are ingrained in our psyche ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. At a time when education for most women was still hard to come by, Ada Lovelace — born Augusta Ada Byron in ...

Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...