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Behind the Lit: Lord Byron's Visionary, Opiate-Addicted, Hard-Gambling Daughter
Behind the Lit: Lord Byron's Visionary, Opiate-Addicted, Hard-Gambling Daughter
By George Dobbs
June 11, 2014

A 19th century computer science visionary, an opiate-addicted gambler, a close friend of Charles Dickens — Augusta Ada Byron led a life as remarkable as her father’s.

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