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Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy
Ada Lovelace’s mathematical abilities have been widely questioned due to a misdating of her correspondence with Augustus de Morgan. Despite its correction in the academic record, this error persists in popular depictions of her work, undermining Lovelace herself and women in general. More scholarly...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33205142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100118 |
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| description | Ada Lovelace’s mathematical abilities have been widely questioned due to a misdating of her correspondence with Augustus de Morgan. Despite its correction in the academic record, this error persists in popular depictions of her work, undermining Lovelace herself and women in general. More scholarly examinations of historical women in STEM would enrich our understanding of their contributions and bolster their positions as role models. |
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| spelling | pubmed-76604122020-11-16 Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy Charman-Anderson, Suw Patterns (N Y) People of Data Ada Lovelace’s mathematical abilities have been widely questioned due to a misdating of her correspondence with Augustus de Morgan. Despite its correction in the academic record, this error persists in popular depictions of her work, undermining Lovelace herself and women in general. More scholarly examinations of historical women in STEM would enrich our understanding of their contributions and bolster their positions as role models. Elsevier 2020-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7660412/ /pubmed/33205142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100118 Text en © 2020 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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| title | Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy |
| title_full | Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy |
| title_fullStr | Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy |
| title_short | Ada Lovelace: A Simple Solution to a Lengthy Controversy |
| title_sort | ada lovelace: a simple solution to a lengthy controversy |
| topic | People of Data |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33205142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100118 |
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