Andy: HISTORY, MATH,
SCIENCE AND LOVE CAN ALL BE SEEN
AND FELT IN A PLAY ABOUT THE
EMERGENCE OF THE COMPUTER AND
THE CURIOUS YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS
SAID TO BE THE FIRST COMPUTER
PROGRAMMER.
ADAM AND ISABELLE JOIN US TODAY
FROM THE W.T. A&E THEATER
DEPARTMENT WITH MORE ON ADA AND
THE ENGINE.
I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THIS CONCEPT.
SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO
TONIGHT DOWN AT W.T.
OKAY.
SO ADA AND THE ENGINE IS A STORY
ABOUT THE INVENTORS BASICALLY OF
THE FIRST COMPUTER.
WE CALL IT A COMPUTER, BUT A
VERY BASIC ELEMENTARY COMPUTER
IN A WAY, AND I PLAY BASICALLY
THE INVENTOR OF THAT MACHINE,
AND SHE PLAYS THE PERSON WHO
PROGRAMS THE MACHINE.
ISM DAY?
ADA, YEAH.
Andy: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
CHARACTER AND HER ROLE IN THIS
OKAY, SO ADA BYRON WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF LORD BYRON, AND HE
WAS A POET.
HER MOTHER WAS A MATHEMATICIAN
OR SHE TALKING ADA ALL ABOUT
MATH.
SO SHE HAD THIS DUAL LOVE WITH
MATHEMATICS AND POETRY AND YOU
REALLY GET TO SEE THAT IN THE
PLAY
Andy: THAT'S GREAT
YOU REALLY GET THE SEE HER
LOVE.
AND SHE REALLY IS SUCH AN
INTELLECTUAL AND BRILLIANT
WOMAN.
AND SHE SHARES THE SAME LINES
WITH -- NOT TO SAY HOW, BUT
THEIR CHEMISTRY IS NOT ONE OF
ROMANCE BUT REALLY AN
INTELLECTUAL CHEMISTRY.
YOU LATER GET TO SEE HOW THAT
DEVELOPS AND EVOLVES.
SO IT'S A GREAT PLAY OF HER
REALLY AND HER AND CHARLES
SAVAGE GETTING TOGETHER AND
CREATING THIS AN LET CAL ENGINE.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FIRST CALLED.
Andy: AN ANALYTICAL ENGINE.
YES
Andy: WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN
THE SCRIPT FIRST CAME OUT.
WE'RE DOING WHAT?
WHAT IS THIS?
SO UNFORTUNATELY I HAD NEVER
HEARD OF ADA BYRON BEFORE
Andy: I HADN'T EITHER.
WHICH IS SUCH A SAD THING,
BECAUSE SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL,
BRILLIANT, INTELLECTUAL WOMAN.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT THIS
PLAY IS SO IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE WOMEN OF SCIENCE AND
WOMEN OF HISTORY THAT GO
UNNOTICED.
AND I READ IT AND I WAS JUST
LIKE, WOW, WOW, THIS IS
REMARKABLE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
Andy: I WANTED TO GET YOUR
TAKE, TOO.
VERY POWERFUL STUFF.
IT'S SUCH A SHAME THAT WE DON'T
GET TO LEARN ABOUT ENOUGH.
I THINK AS KIDS, LIKE GROWING
UP, WE DON'T -- WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE SO
MANY MEN THAT WE CENTER ON WHEN
IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT LIKE
BASICALLY THE PERSON THAT WE
ATTRIBUTE EVERYTHING WE USE
TODAY TO REALLY IS ADA BYRON
BECAUSE SHE CAME UP WITH THE
CONCEPT OF ZEROS AND ONES.
THE BINARY CODE.
ANYTHING WE LOOK AT ON ANY
DIGITAL SCREEN AND ANY KIND OF
SOFTWARE AND ANY KIND OF
PROGRAMMING IS DUE TO ADA
LOVELACE.
I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON
THATISM A PERFECT MARRIAGE
BETWEEN ART PROFILING THE
IMPORTANCE OF PATH AND SCIENCE
AND THE ROLE THAT WOMEN PLAYED
IN IT.
I LOVE IT GO.
SEE THIS.
REAL QUICK, NOVEMBER 7th
THROUGH THE 9th.
THE 14th THROUGH THE
16th.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AT 7:30.
THEN WE'LL HAVE SUNDAY'S SHOW AT
THE 17th.
THAT STARTS AT 2:30.
IT'S AT THE THEATER GO OUT.
BE A PART OF IT.
IF WE DON'T PART THE ARTS.
NO ONE WILL.
GUYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING
THERE.
COMING UP NEXT, IT'S THURSDAY
SOME FOOTBALL IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER, RIGHT?
GREAT TAILGATING PARTY AT HOME
