The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

"The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage" is a hilarious tale about the real-life partnership between Charles Babbage, the unrealized inventor of the computer, and Ada Lovelace, the protoprogrammer and daughter of Lord Byron. Lovelace added the first general computing theory to Babbage's plans for an enormous calculating machine, and their adventures begin when they build the machine in an alternate reality. This book presents a rollicking story of runaway economic models, crime-fighting, and exploration of the wilder realms of mathematics. Complete with diagrams of Babbage's mechanical, steam-powered computer and extensive footnotes, this book is an irresistible and whimsical read.