Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers:Poetical Science by Toole Betty Alexandra

Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers:Poetical Science by Toole Betty Alexandra

Author:Toole, Betty Alexandra [Toole, Betty Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Critical Connection
Published: 2010-10-09T20:00:00+00:00


Evermost Truly Yours

C Babbage

Philosopher’s Walk at Ashley Combe

Poetical Science

The collaboration between Babbage and Ada ran into serious difficulties.

1. What were the differing perceptions of their goals?

2. How did Ada deal with that?

3. What did vanity have to do with their difficulties?

4. How did they finally come together again?

15

The Analyst and the Metaphysician, and the Analytical Engine:

A Selection from Ada’s Notes

[1843]

Mechanics is the paradise of the mechanical sciences

because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.

Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)



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