Anne Blunt’s mother

By Edouard Aldahdah

Posted on November 17th, 2011 in General

Yesterday, a reader, Kim Fortune, sent me this New York Times article (I am using her words here) “recognizing the late mother of Anne Blunt, Augusta Ada King, and her amazing mathematical skills and her development of the computer.

2 Responses to “Anne Blunt’s mother”

  1. Yasser Ghanim Said:
    November 17th, 2011 7:00 pm

    Actually there is computer programming language named after her which is the ADA language. It is an advanced language used by the Department of Defense in the US. We used to study it at college.

  2. lisa Said:
    November 25th, 2011 3:46 am

    What a family!!

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