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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace
This is Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, today known simply as Ada Lovelace (Wikipedia). This is an 1838 portrait of her by Margaret Sarah Carpenter. Ada is a famous steampunk for a couple of reasons: the sole legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron. Lovelace was also an avid mathematician. For her work on the difference engine, an early mechanical computer in the 19th century, she is also commonly credited as the first computer programmer. The computer programming language Ada is named after her. Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restMother’s Day Monet (Seasonal)
Seasonal: We thought we’d celebrate Mother’s Day with a Monet painting. (And of course, we’re planning to glitch this). This 1875 Claude Monet goes by a number of different names including “Madame Monet and her son”, “the stroll”, etc. Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restDemocratic Governance: Signing of Mayflower Compact
Another Thanksgiving post: Democracy & Democratic governance. This painting is Signing of Mayflower Compact, 1620 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930). Although we’re anxious to get back to the Conquistadors (and astrolabes), we’ve stopped here with the Pilgrims for Thanksgiving in the US. We can talk a little about democracy, a theme that came up earlier in the context of mathematical modeling and data in our social progress article. Navigation wasn’t the only problem facing the Mayflower. (Since we’re about data and information; that’s one of our main interests in this period: good navigation required good data, and mass-produced information first became cheaply available in the 14th century.) Issues with the ship’s design caused another problem. It was not particularly well-suited to sailing against the wind, a big problem on trans-Atlantic voyages. These issues greatly slowed the voyage, depleting provisions. The original destination was intended to be the already existing colony of Virginia It arrived late in the season after a late start (due to problems with a second ship that ultimately had to return to England), and too low on provisions.… Read the restRecent Posts
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