slipstick
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analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
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slide rule
computer
engine
difference
cash
calculating
calculator
bones
adding
electronic
tallies
log calculating device
log calculator
log device
log instrument
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Plot summary The story concerns Andrew Jackson Libby (here nicknamed Pinky, for his red hair, but later nicknamed Slipstick ), a boy from Earth with extraordinary mathematical ability but meager education.
Using an inertialess drive invented by Howard member Andrew Jackson " Slipstick " Libby, the Families leave the Solar System with the deposed Ford.