Nerd is the new normal

Thursday, October 22, 2009

When I was writing The Geek Atlas there was a big debate about the title. My original title included the word geek, but O'Reilly quickly overruled it. By the time the final title was agreed, we went with a title that O'Reilly themselves suggested: The Geek Atlas.

And then, just the other day, a US TV station did a report called "Nerd is the new normal".

Labels: pseudo-randomness, rants and raves, the geek atlas

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The troubled thoughts of a caustic coder. Mostly code, but sometimes rants, randomness and politics.

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With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at Trinity College, Cambridge, and more. Each site in The Geek Atlas focuses on discoveries or inventions, and includes information about the people and the science behind them.

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