Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer
by Fiona Robinson
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Year Published 2016
Word Count 1,500
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 192157, 0.5 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- Lovelace, Ada King
- Computer programmers
- Computers--Great Britain--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Computer algorithms--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
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- Women computer programmers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
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- 19th century
- Mathematicians
- Great Britain
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852--Juvenile literature
- Computers
- History
- Biographies
- Computer algorithms
- Women computer programmers
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- Women mathematicians
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- Impacts of Computing K-5
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