The female scientists featured on this blog have many amazing traits: grit, resilience, and creativity. Many of these traits I hope to instill in my own kids. You can find all of the featured female scientists here or on the menu bar above labeled ‘female scientists’. This month’s scientist was a pioneer in math and science.
In 1843, Ada Lovelace published the world’s first computer program – long before computers were even invented!
This beautifully illustrated book details her innovative childhood and her fascination with numbers. Ada would break complex problems into achievable steps even as early as age 12 when she wanted to invent a flying machine. She went on to devise instructions for an “analytical machine” to tabulate complex math problems. These instructions were then used years later when the computer was invented!
What do we love about her?
Ada Lovelace was ahead of her time – being the first computer programmer – and dreamed of possibilities that did not even exist until a hundred years later.
Now you can be like Ada and design your own “thinking machine”. This was my absolute favorite experimentas a kid using paper, aluminum foil, and circuit.
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