Jessie Hartland
Author of Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
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Works by Jessie Hartland
Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner (2019) 29 copies
See Dick and Jane Print 1 copy
Computer Buzz Words 1 copy
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- New York, New York, USA
Bellport, New York, USA - Occupations
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How the Sphinx Got to the Museum (How the . . . Got… by Jessie Hartland
A little art history, a little Egyptian history, and a nice cumulative touch.
Another relabling read. Loved the concept of this one and the detailed, vocab-rich text helped me get sucked in.
I had heard a lot about Ada Lovelace, but I knew nothing about her. So when I found out she was the daughter of Lord Byron, I knew I was on the path to finding COMPLETELY new things.
She was creative like her father; she enjoyed math and science like her mother. Add both together and combined it with her imagination.
Ada worked with her friend, Charles Babbage, to create the first fully programmable digital computer. The aim was also to solve arithmetic problems with the turn of a crank. Have you heard of "Bernouli?" Yeah, that's a Ada Lovelace thing. Alan Turing looked up to her. Yes, that Turing.… (more)
She was creative like her father; she enjoyed math and science like her mother. Add both together and combined it with her imagination.
Ada worked with her friend, Charles Babbage, to create the first fully programmable digital computer. The aim was also to solve arithmetic problems with the turn of a crank. Have you heard of "Bernouli?" Yeah, that's a Ada Lovelace thing. Alan Turing looked up to her. Yes, that Turing.… (more)
The content is informative and interesting, and the illustrations are entertaining, but the text can be difficult to read, both in terms of legibility and flow.
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