Ada Lovelace

Women have the right to pursue science as much as men.

Imagination should be the center of my life.

I love the mysteries of nature.

The Jacquard loom inspired the punch cards.

Babbage's genius is unparalleled.

I have added notes that double the length of the original article.

The Bernoulli numbers calculation was a triumph.

Note G is the most important, on the example program.

The program for Bernoulli numbers shows the engine's power.

I wrote the first computer program.

Science is for everyone.

My mother taught me mathematics to cure me of poetry.

Yet I became a poet of science.

The union of poetry and science is my ideal.

I feel the need to express my thoughts on paper.

Health problems plague me, but work sustains me.

The Analytical Engine is like a brain without a soul.

It follows laws but creates nothing new.

Human creativity is irreplaceable.

The machine amplifies human intellect.