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ADA Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine
Contributor(s): Wallmark, Laurie (Author), Chu, April (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1939547202     ISBN-13: 9781939547200
Publisher: Creston Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Computers - Coding & Programming
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2015017771
Lexile Measure: 780
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.2" W x 11.1" (1.10 lbs) 36 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 179119
Reading Level: 4.6   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world's first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.


Contributor Bio(s): Chu, April: -

April Chu began her career as an architect. She lives and works in Oakland, California. Her previous book, In a Village by the Sea, received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.

Wallmark, Laurie: -

Laurie Wallmark is the author of several award-winning STEM picture books about women, including Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine. She teaches Computer Science when she's not writing books.