If you are interested in the subject and also like good comics, there's an amazing book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and

If you are interested in the subject and also like good comics, there's an amazing book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lo... The Introduction: "Lovelace– The Origin" http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/ http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/ The book also has a lot of real historical information, nicely interwoven in the comics with the footnotes and end-notes, and they are a joy to read too.