Not All Who Wander Are Lost

 

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mando-lore:

prokopetz:

When discussing the life of Ada Lovelace, folks often mention that Ada’s mother made a point of educating her in mathematics and science in an effort to prevent her from turning out like her father, Lord Byron; it’s this upbringing which eventually lead to Lovelace’s pioneering work in computer science.

What folks don’t often mention is that after inventing computer programming, Lovelace went on to build a career using her newly devised mathematical theories to cheat at gambling, eventually ending up hilariously in debt as a result.

In other words, not only did her mathematical education fail to prevent her from following in her father’s footsteps, it only made her stronger.

Finding out that Ada Lovelace is the daughter of Lord Byron like this hit me in the face like a brick wall