The incredible story of the world's first programmer Adya Lavelis in comics

In December, the community of programmers celebrates the birthday of Ada Lavelis , Which in the first half of the 19th century in England made a description of the computer. This first prototype of the computer was developed by the mathematician Charles Babbiju . She wrote the world's first computer program for this invention. Ada Lavelis is considered the first programmer in history.

MANN, Ivanov and Faber publishing house published a comic book based on the life of this amazing woman. We present you excerpts from the book.

Did you know that the first programmer was the first in history? She was born on December 10, 1815, and her name was Ada Lavelis .

Ada was the only legitimate daughter of the poet George Gordon Byron, but in the end grew up without a father. Her mother divorced Byron a month after the birth of the girl, but was afraid that his daughter was transmitted to his “bad blood”.

It was forbidden to tell her fairy tales and stories that the child would not score his head with fantasies. The mother, passionate about mathematics, instilled in the child a love of science.

She hired brilliant teachers for her, among whom was Mary Somerville. This woman-scientist has become an example for the girl.

When Ade was 17 years old, she first met the supergenial for that time by the inventor Charles Babbiga, and this acquaintance eventually made her famous.

At that time, Babbage worked on his unique mechanical counting machine, which he called the "Dive machine No. 1". After 100 years, such an invention was called a computer.

There was a lot of Babbiga in the Babbiga car, which was ultimately transmitted to the modern computer: memory, processor, hardware and software. Only his car consisted of gears and levers, and worked steamed.

In 1843, after a year of serious work, Ada Lavelis published the world's first work in computer science. She described the algorithm for calculating Bernoulli's numbers on the analytical machine of Babbiga. It is believed that Hell wrote the first computer program in the world and introduced the terms “cycle” and “work cell”. It was thanks to this work that hell received the title of the first programmer in the history of the programmer.

In her description of the car, Ada Lavelis also indicated that “in the future it will create algebraic formulas, will be able to write music, draw pictures and show science such paths that we never dreamed,” she said.

Unfortunately, at the age of 36, hell died. She did not have time to publish other outstanding works. In the life of the inventor of Babbiga, not everything went smoothly: until his old age he tried to complete his car, but could not. The first computers appeared only after a whole century.

But hell did not leave without a trace. In 1975, the US Department of Defense decided to start developing a universal programming language. The project was called "Ada". And on December 10, 1980, on the birthday of Countess Lavelis, the standard of the language was approved.

Already in the 21st century, a woman-mathematician came to life on the pages of the graphic novel “Incredible Adventures of Loveis and Babbiga” .

I came to life in an alternative universe, where the main characters completed their car and solve world problems using a computer on steam course. In the world of Victorian era, mathematics, logic and humor. “The book that makes you is smarter while you laugh,” this comic book was described by Washington Post.

The material was prepared by the Publishing House "Man, Ivanov and Faber."