For “Lovelace & Babbage” http://amzn.to/1MbRWCu @sydneypadua did remarkable original historical research, summarized in funny footnotes.
@mtraven Materialism yes, but no symbols yet? It seems—did only very quick wiki check
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@mtraven Symbolic math was cutting edge and highly controversial in Lovelace's time.@sydneypadua's book talks about this. -
@mtraven she was into complex numbers and good friends with Hamilton, who did quaternions. Beginning of abstract algebra. - 1 more reply
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@Meaningness "knowledge..is a mass of words and figures, which form in the brain all the marks by which we distinguish and recall objects. " -
@mtraven oh, cool!
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