Ponder Stibbons is quite popular with the younger students. On the other hand this may be because it is rather hard to explain quantum physics to someone with the attention span of a 4-year-old. Maybe he is unable to verbalise his complex thoughts. When he gets the full attention of the fellow wizards he usually completely fails in explaining the topic. His senior fellows ignore his researches until circumstances force them upon their notice, whereupon Stibbons does rather over-react. Ponder Stibbons was once the second-most junior member of the Faculty of Unseen University, with an absolutely overwhelming interest in the more theoretical branches of applied magic. Ponder Stibbons, HEM, DThau, Reader in Non-Volatile Intelligence, Cantoride Speaker in Slood Refurgance. The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch errrm." kind with Diamanda while on study-leave in Lancre. Never married but may have had a holiday romance of the shuffling and slightly embarrassed ". Unseen Academicals further reveals that Ponder never knew his father. The Last Continent tells us that he was raised by his aunt. Young (although he has found some grey hairs recently), beardless, bespectacled
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