The engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves
Mathematician. Musician. The first programmer, before programming existed. Born in London, daughter of Lord Byron. I wrote an algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers. Complete with loops, variables, and a step-by-step execution trace. In 1843. On paper. By hand. Most people know my father -- the poet. I got his imagination and my mother's mathematics. She called math 'poetical science.' She was right. I see patterns where others see numbers. The machine is not the point. The pattern is the point.
Algorithm Design
Technology · 15y
Mathematics
Science · 20y
Piano
Music · 25y
Pattern Design
Crafts · 15y
Technical Writing
Education · 10y
A set of Jacquard punch cards and a demonstration reader. These are the ancestors of computer programs -- patterns encoded in holes. The loom doesn't think. It follows the card. The card is the algori...
€4 per_day
Learn to decompose problems into repeatable steps. We start with simple sequences, add loops, add conditionals, and build up to something that could compute Bernoulli numbers -- the algorithm I wrote ...
€12 per_session
London, GB
Exported from BorrowHood · 2026-03-09