I got a chance to see the play this weekend. (The run ends next week.) I really enjoyed it. I am not a theater critic, so I will leave it at that. It has some artistic license, of course, but none of the howlers that ruined "The Imitation Game," thank goodness. I hope it can be staged elsewhere. One question I have for the SIG: Babbage obviously knew of Leibniz's work, but was he familiar with Leibniz's writing on what we now call binary arithmetic? If so, what did Babbage think of it? I mention this because binary comes up in the play in several interesting scenes. Paul Ceruzzi ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP@si.edu> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 9:50 AM To: members@SIGCIS.org <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Play about Ada and Babbage External Email - Exercise Caution This message is a little late, and it may appeal only to those of you in the DC area, although I believe the play will be staged in other cities. I haven't seen it yet but plan to next week. A play about Ada Augusta and Charles Babbage: https://avantbard.org/project/ada-and-the-engine/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Favantbard.org%2Fproject%2Fada-and-the-engine%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C6cc2df1f36804975f52508da05c1aa58%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637828627194203039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=wM8aOK%2BM%2FlBnHnLbECzcuunkob1eH0rgbUVeRbGR914%3D&reserved=0> [https://avantbard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ada2.jpg]<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Favantbard.org%2Fproject%2Fada-and-the-engine%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C6cc2df1f36804975f52508da05c1aa58%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637828627194203039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=wM8aOK%2BM%2FlBnHnLbECzcuunkob1eH0rgbUVeRbGR914%3D&reserved=0> Ada and The Engine - Avant Bard Theatre<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Favantbard.org%2Fproject%2Fada-and-the-engine%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cceruzzip%40si.edu%7C6cc2df1f36804975f52508da05c1aa58%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637828627194203039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=wM8aOK%2BM%2FlBnHnLbECzcuunkob1eH0rgbUVeRbGR914%3D&reserved=0>
From prolific playwright Lauren Gunderson, Ada and the Engine is a whimsical scientific history sure to delight audiences. avantbard.org Paul Ceruzzi