Zooey Deschanel to (Hopefully) Play Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace
Kooky-actress-it’s-ok-to-worship Zooey Deschanel has apparently been cast as Ada Lovelace in a new film chronicling her life, Enchantress of Numbers. Lovelace, who died in 1852, was an English woman who wrote the first algorithm ever processed by a machine. Almost 150 years after her death, and she’s the figurehead for an annual celebration (March 24th)…