Countess Of Lovelace Research Paper

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace or better known as Ada Lovelace was born on December 10, 1815, in London, United Kingdom. She was the only child of George Gordon Byron and Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke. Lovelace’s childhood was very complicated starting from a young age. Her father was known for his poetry but he had personality issues which eventually led to him abandoning his family and leaving Britain. Lovelace’s mother was always cautious of her, afraid that she would turn out like her unstable father. Her mother pushed her towards mathematics and science, her main reason being she didn’t want Lovelace to fall into poetry and become what her father was. As a child, she had many private tutors. Her whole childhood was focused on getting a high education. Her mother was very attentive to her studies and would punish her if she didn’t meet certain expectations. Even though she was roughly maltreated and forced to excel, it led to her success.
As she escalated the ladder of knowledge, she met paths with Mary Somerville, who was well known for her mathematics skills. Lovelace and Summerville became good friends and spent most of their time talking about modern
Charles invited Lovelace to look at a project he was working on, the difference engine. The difference engine was a machine that had the capability to perform certain calculations. Lovelace took a certain fascination to this project and requested a copy of the blueprint. She wanted to understand herself, how the machine really worked. This sparked an interest in Lovelace and the building of such machines. She and her mother would make many visits to factories and observe steam driven machines in order to comprehend how they functioned. This sort of activity was perceived as unusually for a women but Lovelace surpassed society's image of how a women should spend her