Ada Lovelace
1815 – 1852 · United Kingdom · Computing, Mathematics
Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine and saw computing beyond numbers.
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Who shaped Ada Lovelace, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 – 1716 · Mathematics, Philosophy
Leibniz's calculus ratiocinator — reasoning as symbol manipulation — is Lovelace's premise.
Passed the work to1
- Alan Turing
1912 – 1954 · Mathematics, Computing
Turing answers 'Lady Lovelace's objection' by name in the 1950 Mind paper.
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