Title :
Lovelace & Babbage and the creation of the 1843 ´notes´
Author :
Fuegi, John ; Francis, Jo
Author_Institution :
Maryland Inst. for Technol. in Humanities, MD, USA
Abstract :
Augusta Ada Lovelace worked with Charles Babbage to create a description of Babbage\´s unbuilt invention, the analytical engine, a highly advanced mechanical calculator often considered a forerunner of the electronic calculating computers of the 20th century. Ada Lovelace\´s "notes," describing the analytical engine, published in Taylor\´s scientific memoirs in 1843, contained a ground-breaking description of the possibilities of programming the machine to go beyond number-crunching to "computing" in the wider sense in which we understand the term today. We expand on research first presented by the authors in their documentary film, to dream tomorrow.
Keywords :
analogue computers; calculating apparatus; digital computers; history; analytical engine; documentary film; electronic calculating computer; machine programming; mechanical calculator; Autobiographies; Books; Collaboration; Computer vision; Difference engines; Music; Pattern analysis;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2003.1253887