Ada Lovelace Was The First Computer Programmer, And Almost The First Computer Musician

10/12/2020 3 min Temporada 2 Episodio 438

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Episode Synopsis

Today's the birthday of Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer. She also dreamed up the idea of generating music through a computer program, so if you've ever made music with a synthesizer, you're following in her footsteps. Plus: today's the anniversary of the day Wyoming passed its first-of-a-kind law guaranteeing women could vote and hold office. 
Remembering Ada Lovelace, computer-music prognosticator (Boston Globe)
Wyoming marks 150 years since first US law empowering women to vote (Travel Wyoming)
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