Main Contributions:
- Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer.
- Lovelace discovered that a computer could follow a sequence of instructions, known as a program to solve complex calculations.
- She helped design the 'Analytical Engine,' a steam-powered programmable computer.
- She realized that computers could manipulate symbols and aided with the transition from calculation to computation.
Education:
- Lovalace was educated privately by tutors and was later self-educated.
- She was also helped by mathematician-logician Augustus De Morgan to learn complex math, science, and analyze numbers.
- Charles Babbage, known as the "father of the computer" was her mentor.
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