Of course she wasn’t the first to see beauty in mathematics, Fibonacci had documented this more than 500 years earlier. This quote from Lovelace captures it well. Whilst the theory of many of these great mathematical equations is out of my reach I am often struck by their beauty. Now I must confess that I am very much from the arts world.
Ada Lovelace: Toole, Betty Alexandra (1998), Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: Prophet of the Computer Age I am often reminded of certain sprites and fairies one reads of, who are at one’s elbows in one shape now, and the next minute in a form most dissimilar. I may remark that the curious transformations many formulae can undergo, the unsuspected and to a beginner apparently impossible identity of forms exceedingly dissimilar at first sight, is I think one of the chief difficulties in the early part of mathematical studies. She often used the two to help her explore basic assumptions in her work: But art and mathematics were happy companions in her education. Her mother pushed her towards mathematics in a bid to prevent her following in her father’s footsteps (perceived insanity). With hindsight not only was this categorization wrong it was also incredibly limiting.ġ68 years ago, to the day, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was born to Lord and Lady Byron.
It was pretty straightforward and made it easy to find similar types to rub along with. When I was at school (a very long time ago) you were either mathematical or creative. Ada Lovelace – Mathematician or Creative?
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