Babbage's Disease, (Paperback)
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| Management number | 240265882 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | $4.80 | Model Number | 240265882 | ||
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Edwin Birch coughs up an (slightly fictionalized) autobiographical novel on Charles Babbage--inventor of the Analytical Engine, father of the Computer Age--& his diminutive friend, Jiffy: "Hello Jiffy," Babbage murmured, utterly bewildered and transfixed by the strange entity on his lap. "What were you doing in my throat?" he managed at last. It was a reasonable question, and it received a reasonable answer: "I don't know. What's a throat?" "It's what you were in just now." "Oh. I see. I was sitting in it." "Ah. Why?" Jiffy scrunched up his eyes and thought for a bit. "I don't know" he said at last, with a bright little smile. "What's your name, mister?" "Babbage," said Babbage. "Charles Babbage." "That's a stupid name," said Jiffy. "I like you. You're a funny colour. Where are we? What's an analytical engine?" "What did you say?" Babbage hissed. "I don't know. What's an analytical engine?" "How... how did you...?" "I don't know. Is it like a spoon? Or a forest, perhaps?"
- Babbage's Disease, (Paperback)
- Author: Lulu.com
- ISBN: 9781300728610
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2013-02-11
- Page Count: 120
| Title | Babbage's Disease |
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| Issue | While the provided text focuses on the fictional story within "Babbage's Disease", there's mention of Charles Babbage's real-life struggles with eye problems, specifically bilateral monocular diplopia (seeing double with one eye). This is described in source [4] as "irregular vision" and is explored in relation to his attempts to create an ophthalmoscope. There is no mention of any issues with the book's production or distribution itself. |
| Publisher | Lulu Press |
| Publication date | February, 2013 |
| Count | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Author | Lulu.com |
| Character | Jiffy |
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