Computer Programming: From Ada Lovelace to Mark Zuckerberg
STEM STORIES Computer Programming FROM ADA LOVELACE TO MARK ZUCKERBERG Kelly Doudna checkerboard library an imprint of abdo publishing abdopublishing.com
Do you take your smartphone everywhere Do you keep in touch with your friends using social media apps Do you have a hard time imagining life without aa the internet This lifestyle is possible because of computers and the programs that run on them The invention of the computer arose from the need to quickly process information to At its most basic information was processed by adding and subtracting numbers In the early 1640s Blaise Pascal invented a mechanical calculator and a manufactured it for sale The machine was known as the Pascaline Life Computing
Over time computing machines improved This was thanks to mathematicians and inventors such as Charles Babbage Ada Lovelace and Herman Hollerith However these machines were mostly mechanical In the mid-1900s electronic computers were developed This led to the need for programming languages and programmers Computer scientists including Grace Hopper Steve Jobs Tim Berners-Lee and Mark Zuckerberg made today’s computers and programs possible Many schools and clubs offer classes to teach kids about computer programming
