Cover of the textbook Identity B1+

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Culture 8 for the textbook Identity B1+ with authors Elizabeth Sharman from Oxford University Press

Question

Listen again and answer the questions.

Answer

  1. Ada Lovelace was born in 1815.
  2. Ada's mother wanted her to study science and maths because she believed it would help Ada avoid the mental illness her father experienced.
  3. Charles Babbage was a famous engineer.
  4. The Analytical Engine was a machine designed by Charles Babbage for doing complex mathematical calculations.
  5. Ada helped Babbage with his invention by creating algorithms for the Analytical Engine, which are considered by many as the world's first computer programs.
  6. Ada's work was rediscovered by Alan Turing, a famous 20th-century scientist, and other early computer scientists.

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