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Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary

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Ada Lovelace had a broad interest in the science and technologies of the day and explored post-Romantic ideas which made a significant link between science and poetry. In this talk Richard Holmes looks at some of these surprising connections.

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Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary

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Department: Department of Computer Science

Date Added: 18/12/2015

Duration: 01:00:07

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