In the fictional universe of Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series of books, Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in Unseen University. He is the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic, Praelector and Reader in Invisible Writings and works in the High Energy Magic building. His first appearance is as a student wizard in ''Moving Pictures_(novel)'' (1990). His entry in ''The New Discworld Companion'' states that he was 'originally rather lazy by nature, he seems to have blossomed to become the youngest and most depressingly keen member of the UU faculty... as one of the few wizards at the University with his head screwed on in any fashion, he appears, quite against his will, to be in the front line'. Stibbons' most successful creation is Hex (Discworld), a magical computer composed of glass tubes full of ants, and other assorted complex systems, such as mice. Hex is initially capable only of simple arithmetic; however as the series continues, and more complex additions are made to Hex, it develops the semi-sapience of a child, the ability to add to and redesign itself, and the ability to do complex spells much, much more rapidly than a team of wizards could (For example, when they were searching for Rincewind in Interesting Times, Hex did in a day what would have taken the UU Faculty several years). In ''The Science of Discworld'', a book which interleaved a Discworld story and real world science, Stibbons creates a device for splitting the thaum, once believed to be the smallest unit of magical radiation particles. The creation of this device borrows heavily from the real world splitting of the atom. In ''The Last Continent'' he is offered the job as assistant to the god of evolution, but quits after only a few hours when he realizes that the god's big project is, in fact, a cockroach. It is possible that Ponder Stibbons is named after a 'Mr Stibbons' who taught at Terry Pratchett's secondary school. Discworld characters Fictional magicians
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In the fictional universe of Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series of books, Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in Unseen University. He is the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic, Praelector and Reader in Invisible Writings and works in the High Energy Magic building. His first appearance is as a student wizard in ''Moving Pictures_(novel)'' (1990). His entry in ''The New Discworld Companion'' states that he was 'originally rather lazy by nature, he seems to have blossomed to become the youngest and most depressingly keen member of the UU faculty... as one of the few wizards at the University with his head screwed on in any fashion, he appears, quite against his will, to be in the front line'. Stibbons' most successful creation is Hex (Discworld), a magical computer composed of glass tubes full of ants, and other assorted complex systems, such as mice. Hex is initially capable only of simple arithmetic; however as the series continues, and more complex additions are made to Hex, it develops the semi-sapience of a child, the ability to add to and redesign itself, and the ability to do complex spells much, much more rapidly than a team of wizards could (For example, when they were searching for Rincewind in Interesting Times, Hex did in a day what would have taken the UU Faculty several years). In ''The Science of Discworld'', a book which interleaved a Discworld story and real world science, Stibbons creates a device for splitting the thaum, once believed to be the smallest unit of magical radiation particles. The creation of this device borrows heavily from the real world splitting of the atom. In ''The Last Continent'' he is offered the job as assistant to the god of evolution, but quits after only a few hours when he realizes that the god's big project is, in fact, a cockroach. It is possible that Ponder Stibbons is named after a 'Mr Stibbons' who taught at Terry Pratchett's secondary school. Discworld characters Fictional magicians
Ponder Stibbons
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