Babbage's Disease (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781300728610)

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?"

Author: Edwin Birch
ISBN-10: 1300728612
ISBN-13: 9781300728610
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2013
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.25d