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PhD candidate Jessica Cook’s archive work shines light on mathematician Ada Lovelace, bringing attention to the fact that Lovelace published the first description of a computer program.

“I hope that by putting all of this material out there, we can finally see the depth and breadth of Lovelace’s genius,” Cook said. “The archive is a treasure trove of handwritten documents that tantalizingly hint at a much fuller picture of Lovelace — not just as a computing pioneer, but also as an aspiring poet, neuroscientist and Christian metaphysician of creativity and free will.”

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