The Letters of Ada Lovelace
1. The Poetry of Mathematics
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Introduction: The Letters of Ada Lovelace: Lord Byron, Women in Technology, fragile , mathematics and poetry, Babbage's Thinking Machine and Analytical Engine
Duration: 02:08
Ada Lovelace's upbringing from 1815; Byron genes, the rule of three, flight and paper wings, first debutante season meeting Charles Babbage at Queen's Ball, the silver lady automaton, via Mary Somerville
Duration: 05:57
Ada Lovelace: Married to Lord William King, Lady Byron writes to Lord King
Duration: 05:26
Ada Lovelace: A passion for mathematics, Charles Babbage, motherhood
Duration: 02:37
Ada Lovelace: Pursues mathematics tuition via Babbage, then via Augustus De Morgan, functional equations
Duration: 05:51
Ada Lovelace: Belief in her own genius via Augustus De Morgan, obsessive self-doubts. Lord Byron's incest
Duration: 04:02
Ada Lovelace: Mathematical Truths and Principles, Babbage's calculating machine
Duration: 01:19
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Duration: 00:19The Letters of Ada Lovelace
1. The Poetry of Mathematics
First broadcast: 14th September 2015
Duration 27:38
Dramatisation of the correspondence of Ada Lovelace, the young Victorian who predicted our digital age.
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2. Thinking Machines
First broadcast: 21st September 2015
Duration 28:45
Georgina Ferry presents a dramatisation of the correspondence of Ada Lovelace, the young Victorian who predicted our digital age