[LINK] Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Wed Oct 17 09:16:57 AEDT 2012
Apparently 16 October 2012 (GMT) is "Ada Lovelace Day", celebrating the
achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths:
http://findingada.com/about/history-of-ada-lovelace-day/
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (daughter of the poet Lord Byron,
10 December 1815), was an English mathematician who conceptualised how
Charles Babbage's analytical engine could be used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
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