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My favorite Lord Byron fact is that he so infuriated his estranged wife, Lady Byron, that she pushed their only child towards studying mathematics & logic to ke
by favorited 7y ago
My favorite Lord Byron fact is that he so infuriated his estranged wife, Lady Byron, that she pushed their only child towards studying mathematics & logic to keep her from becoming like her father.
That daughter, of course, was Ada Lovelace.
While I certainly wouldn't credit his eccentricities with the accomplishments of his daughter, I'm glad his wife thought he was crazy enough to push Ada towards the life she lived.
- lordleft 7y agoIIRC, Ada Lovelace remarked that she was torn between two natures, one 'mathematical' and the other 'poetical.'
- favorited 7y agoYes! She wrote about desiring "poetical science."
- chrisco255 7y agoAnd so she became a programmer. I wonder if she were alive today what her commit messages would sound like?
- kh_hk 7y agochore(*) s/foo/bar
- reitzensteinm 7y agoAnd had this story that was on HN recently played out slightly differently, neither would have existed: https://www.damninteresting.com/dead-reckoning/ https://www.damninteresting.com/dead-reckoning/