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Augusta Ada Byron (1815-1852)
Augusta Ada King, countess of Lovelace
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Ada Lovelace was a daughter of Lord Byron who became interested in Babbage's analytic engine and described how it could be programmed
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John Mauchly (1907-1980)
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Born: 30 Aug 1907 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 8 Jan 1980 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA
John Mauchly grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He went to school in Washington DC where his father was employed as a physicist in the Department
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John von Neumann (1903-1957)
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Von Neumann built a solid framework for quantum mechanics. He also worked in game theory, studied what are now called von Neumann Algebras , and was one of the pioneers of computer science.
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Brief summary of his work, and references.
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Norbert Wiener (1894-1964)
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