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Part 1 A History of the Nerd
What is a Nerd? 5
The Mark of Greatness 13
Newt Envy, and Were There Nerds in the Nineteenth Century? 17
The Case Against Scientists in Towers 23
The Rise of Phys Ed 29
Dawn of the Fan 39
Sherry Turkle, T. S. Eliot, and the Split Between Feeling and Thinking 49
The Word Nerd and the Birth and Growth of the Guy in High Pants and Glasses 55
Effeminate Jewish Grinds, Cyborg Asians 73
Part 2 Among the Nerds
Zack and Jack and High-School Debate 99
Case Study: Darren From the Ghetto of Amherst 111
The Cool Nerd: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster 119
Nerd Love 131
The Autism Spectrum 141
Pure Pwnage 153
The Graying of the Old-School Nerd 163
Coronation, or Why Group Nerd Events are Necessary 171
Why do People Like Dungeons & Dragons and Fake Swords? 183
Case study: Kenneth The Demonslayer 195
Part 3 My Credentials 211
Afterword 225
Acknowledgments 235
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