THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE DOWNLOAD FREE BOOK Sydney Padua | 320 pages | 23 Apr 2015 | Random House USA Inc | 9780307908278 | English | New York, United States The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage- BOOK! A metal monstrosity, it can calculate long strings of numbers up to 15 decimal places of pi. One gets the impression that she was brilliant and imaginative if, in the real universe, somewhat unhappy. Details if other :. There are about 16 pages of "nonfiction" biography about Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. It The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage have been Victorian Steampunk, fully realized. February 3, Read more Padua footnotes:. These footnotes from Lovelace actually contain the first known general computing theory, a century before the first actual computer was built! Excessively many footnotes. Together they could have The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage the unthinkable and in The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, they do. Unlike reading about Canadian History, which activity as a homeschooling parent I will soon have to enforce. In this counterfactual space, Victorian figures both known and unknown to the real Lovelace and Babbage Mostly known! Or even their sartorial tidyness. Share Article Tweet. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Great fun for all ages, although the really young would need an ad So, on the one hand you have accurate historical background on Babbage and Lovelace and the work they did together. Originally published at Reading Reality I finished this last night and it is great fun! I want Saturday morning cartoons. Taken on its own the "graphic novel" part is pretty thin, and it's very difficult to get a reading flow going with the constant interruptions. This book is spilling over with fun historical anecdotes, to the extent that once every pages I'd feel the need to write some of them down, or run off and share it with a friend. Queen Victoria made an appearance. Padua found a good story — her characters led fascinating lives — and she gestures toward big questions: What is the relationship between science and imagination? Friend Reviews. Open Preview See a Problem? Tongue in cheek perhaps, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage geeky surely, but fun all the same. Her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, a hundred years before an actual computer was built. Kaazz on May 8, at am. Genius leaps from the improbable into the possible — the courage of the leap is the function of individual temperament, but the horizons of possibility are to a large extent determined by the culture and the era. Was mathematics invented or discovered? It's not clear whether the footnotes serve the panels or the panels serve the footnotes. Still, I greatly respect the sheer level of detail The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage that research has lead to. I even went back and read the first third, with new insight. Retrieved 12 December What that ends up looking like is an epic mashup of science and steampunk aesthetic. Be most careful always to speak the truth to her … take care not to tell her any nonsensical stories that will put fancies into her head. Karl Marx makes a cameo. As Lovelace died young, which would make for a short book, Padua opts to keep her and their cooperation alive in a "Pocket Universe", where they embark upon adventures addressing Victorian era problems in economy, literature, inventions and mathematics. As a great deal of it is drawn already expect a sudden sharp shocking increase in the usual pace of things around here. Goodreads is hiring! The late Countess of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage informed me that she had translated the memoir of Menabrea. The bottom portions of most pages are overtaken by lengthy notes. Apr 20, Nick rated it it was amazing. Privacy policy. We learn about the origins of the British postal system. Halloween costumes. The Seven Deadly Sins ‘The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage,’ by Sydney Padua Because having Lovelace and Babbage action figures would make my life as a nerd complete. She had an immense aptitude for math, and perhaps a bit of a temper. Dust jacket of US edition. The drawn panels adhere to certain conventions of superhero comics. Another avid reader from Quebec who cannot wait to buy and read the paper version shaving followed along here, and even paid and downloaded the iPad stories. As Lovelace died young, which would make for a short book, Padua opts to keep her and their cooperation alive in a "Pocket Universe", where they embark upon adventures addressing Victorian era problems in economy, literature, inventions and mathematics. So, so much more. But Padua has a habit of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage herself and her project. Retrieved 12 December A behemoth that grows and grows in steam powered engines, and gears, and analytics, and doo dads and just freakin' awesome stuff. It's really unfortunate because I thoroughly enjoyed those 16 pages I mentioned earlier about the actual Lovelace and Babbage, and I continued to enjoy the footnotes throughout. Jul 22, Tagwa Warrag rated it it was amazing. Mar 06, Adan rated it it was amazing. It certainly is a graphic novel, but with surprising points as both graphic and novel. Lovelace was fascinated by zero. Unfortunately for me, she took all my favorite things about the book and turned them into the footnotes to a rather dull and uninteresting story instead of making them the story and illustrating more cohesively all the information she imparts in the footnotes and endnotes. This comics simply cant get any better i think it is perfect. And by that, I mainly mean all the mathematics, because math is absolutely impossible for me to understand. Posted in Uncategorized. The information she presented about Victorian personalities and history, math, and the history of math and computing were especially fascinating, and the biographical details of Babbage and Lovelace were amusing. I loved the concept! In this counterfactual The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, Victorian figures both known and unknown to the real Lovelace and Babbage Mostly known! Many footnotes annotate the illustrations. We are experiencing technical difficulties. A mixture of comic strip silliness, delightful anecdote and thorough research aided by the spiritual successors to Babbage's never realised Analytical Engine that provides the perfect introduction to the designer of the world's first computer and the author of the world's first computer science article! Given the subject matter, it's hardly surprising that both history and math play a large part in the weird and somewhat silly imaginary adventures of nineteenth century math geeks. There are some interesting appendices with excerpts from primary sources and a description of how the difference engine was supposed to work. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage presents a rollicking alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine and then use it to build runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wilder realms of mathematics, and, of course, fight crime—for the sake of both London and science. Shelves: femalenon- fictionyearscanadagraphic-based. Seeing them both as quintessential steampunk engineers, while not factually correct, rings surprisingly true. To this Lady Lovelace replied that the thought had not occurred to her. View all 6 comments. Anna Martin on February 28, at pm. Congratulations on the publishing! But do not despair! This book is so charming, so monstrously intelligent, and so, so incredibly much fun. View all 9 comments. Feb 14, Trin rated it really liked The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage Shelves: sbiographygraphicnoveltime-travelenglish- litsciencehistorysci-fi. The way the characters were brought out, the satire of almost everyone involved, it's so fun The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage laugh-inducing. Jun 07, Albert rated it really liked it. A Girl on the Shore. I think t I love how self-aware this graphic novel is. Difference Engine sounds much cooler. More filters. Originally published at Reading Reality The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage finished this last night and The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is great fun! The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage Gaston Leroux and Erik Forrest Jackson. And by that, I mainly mean all the mathematics, because math is absolutely impossible for me to understand. Download as PDF Printable version. More Details Wasn't totally bad. Kirkus Reviews. The depiction of Babbage and Lovelace as somewhat mad inventors whose invention has definitely gotten out of hand is hilariously funny. Yep, User The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is going to be serialised here starting in a couple of weeks. Apr 08, Basma rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels. What would the world have been like if Babbage had actually seen this through and built his difference engine, rather than scrapping it unfinished in favor of the analytical engine, which he also never finished due to never ending improvements and tinkering with the design? Dickens and George Eliot stop by, in a confusing episode with gags about cats and punch cards. But you guys! Home Page World U. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage presents a rollicking alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine and then use it to build runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage wilder realms of mathematics, and, of course, fight crime—for the sake of both London and science. The author did her research, points out where her version differs from reality, and shares her sources.