Babbage and Lovelace Fight Crime with the Power of Math
IfCharles BabbageandAda Lovelacehad managed to dispatch theAnalytical Engineand usher in an age of Victorian computing , what would they do next ? According to one comedian , the obvious answer is : team up and fight back law-breaking . Artist Sydney Padua has been postingThe Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbageon her comedian internet site 2D Googles . The premise holds that proto - programmer ( and sole legitimate tiddler of Lord Byron ) Ada Lovelace did not die at old age 36 , but rather help inventor Charles Babbage modernise the first computer — a fully operative Analytical Engine — after which they retired to battle criminal offense using the power of maths ( and rayguns ) ....