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New Research Explodes Myths About Ada Lovelace (ox.ac.uk)
Two mathematics historians investigated the Lovelace-Byron family archives (which are available online) to confirm the early mathematical prowess of Ada Lovelace for two scholarly journals. Slashdot reader bugs2squash shares a post from the Oxford Mathematical Institute:
The work challenges widespread claims that Lovelace's mathematical abilities were more "poetical" than practical, or indeed that her knowledge was so limited that Babbage himself was likely to have been the author of the paper that bears her name. The authors pinpoint Lovelace's keen eye for detail, fascination with big questions, and flair for deep insights, which enabled her to challenge some deep assumptions in her teacher's work. They suggest that her ambition, in time, to do significant mathematical research was entirely credible, though sadly curtailed by her ill-health and early death.
Ada Lovelace died in London at age 36.
Ada Lovelace died in London at age 36.
While I completely agree with full equality and equal rights for both sexes, its naieve and factually incorrect to suggest that both sexes have identical abilities.
I get your point. "Equality" is not "interchangeability." But everyone should get a fair shot.
Where did I say that men do everything better than women?
Some examples of psychological differences are that (on average of course), women have significantly better/more complex communication skills than men, while men have significantly better 3D spatial awareness than women.