A Weakness Of Nerds
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A Weakness Of Nerds
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Author : Christopher P. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-11
A Weakness Of Nerds written by Christopher P. Bartlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11 with categories.
In a northern university research lab, the Dynamic Innovation in the Environment Section, a group of Southern Nerds feels brave enough to go to the local pub on a Friday night. Their misadventure leads all sorts of problems for the country, in which science, government and humanity itself are in danger.
Rise Of The Nerds How A Technocratic Elite Manipulates Your Life And Gambles With Your Future
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Author : Steffen Blaese
language : en
Publisher: Steffen Blaese
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Rise Of The Nerds How A Technocratic Elite Manipulates Your Life And Gambles With Your Future written by Steffen Blaese and has been published by Steffen Blaese this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Computers categories.
We are at a dangerous moment in history; something started to go wrong with the digital revolution. An ever-expanding array of new technologies is infiltrating our lives. Only now we are beginning to understand the far-reaching consequences. The excessive use of electronic devices threatens our physical, emotional, and spiritual health. The warning signs are everywhere. But although all of us see the same picture, we interpret it in different ways. The technophiles promised us greater leisure, comfort, and wealth. But we got internet addiction, obesity, loneliness, and anxieties. Powerful companies have more access to our private matters than ever before. Reality goes beyond Orwell. Artificial intelligence is all around us without many people being aware of it. Sophisticated algorithms can predict our behavior with increasing accuracy. Some extreme futurists are fantasizing about a «superintelligence,» smarter than humans. Machines are taking away jobs, rewarding their owners richly. The global economy is plagued by a persistent unemployment and growing income inequality. Millions of people live from paycheck to paycheck and can hardly keep their heads above water. What will happen if their labor is no longer needed? The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a small elite is eroding democracy. The changes are not only technical in nature, but also transform us humans. Genetic engineering and human enhancement therapies gamble with the basis of our existence. Are we ready to hand over our future to these improvers of mankind? Like priests at the altar, the technodeterminists are pushing their agenda with evangelical fervor. Technology-friendly literature can be found like sand on the beach. It's not a surprise that those people who benefit most from technology celebrate it. This book is different because it approaches the matter from a skeptic's point of view. It throws crucial light on the question of who will be the winners of the transformations and who the losers. It puts current issues in a historical perspective and presents some people behind today's influential technology.
The Nerd And The Marine Clean Contemporary Romance With Heartwarming Nerds
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Author : D.R. Grady
language : en
Publisher: D.R. Grady
Release Date : 2013-11-13
The Nerd And The Marine Clean Contemporary Romance With Heartwarming Nerds written by D.R. Grady and has been published by D.R. Grady this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-13 with Fiction categories.
What does a to-the-core, orphaned Marine have in common with an introverted electronics expert with too much family? A dog, of course. Lainy Morrison, self-proclaimed nerd, helps Captain Mitch Monahan by taking his dog while he’s deployed. Through e-mails, family DVDs, and pictures, the pair get to know one another. They soon fall in love, but can love sustain a relationship formed an ocean apart and overcome old fears? Set in contemporary Hershey and Kuwait the Nerd and the Marine encompasses humor, poignancy, and the relationship between two people oceans apart.
The Computer S Nerd
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Author : W. Royce Adams
language : en
Publisher: Rairarubia Books
Release Date : 2003-12
The Computer S Nerd written by W. Royce Adams and has been published by Rairarubia Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Now in paperback, The Computer's Nerd won a 2003 Book-of-the-Year Young Adult Finalist award from ForeWord Magazine. With humorous overtones, this juvenile novel deals with the problem of school bullies and the repercussions that can come from the desire for revenge.
Understanding Physics Like A Nerd Without Becoming One More
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Author : Kalayu Belay
language : en
Publisher: Emmanuel Light of the World Publishing Company, LLC
Release Date : 2018-01-10
Understanding Physics Like A Nerd Without Becoming One More written by Kalayu Belay and has been published by Emmanuel Light of the World Publishing Company, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-10 with Science categories.
“Understanding Physics Like a Nerd Without Becoming One & More” is intended to benefit and awaken a reluctant reader so he or she can understand physics too. Even though this book is written primarily for students, the authors believe everyone can enjoy and learn from it. To fully understand the content of this book, readers need only a basic knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. In addition to the instruction on physics, the book provides several real life lessons for readers to learn. The book is intended to engage and to be humorous; it is written to generate a smile here and there. Sometimes, it may even challenge your intuition. The authors truly believe that everyone can understand and learn; some people’s attitudes towards learning different subjects, including—perhaps, especially—physics, just need to be shifted slightly. The authors have written this book with a conscious understanding of people’s apprehensions towards physics. It is our conviction that anyone interested in learning physics who chooses this book may be surprised to discover how much he or she is capable of understanding the subject. The major requirement for reading this book is to have an open mind and to engage in it fully. By doing so, you may surprise yourself and the world around you by not only understanding physics but by excelling in it as well.
Word Nerd Dispatches From The Games Grammar And Geek Underground
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Author : John D. Williams
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2015-06-22
Word Nerd Dispatches From The Games Grammar And Geek Underground written by John D. Williams and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-22 with Games & Activities categories.
In this zany, one-of-a-kind memoir, former executive director of the National SCRABBLE Association John D. Williams Jr. brings to life the obsessions, madness, and glory of the SCRABBLE® culture—from living-room players to world champions. Beginning his career on a lark as a freelance contributor to SCRABBLE News, John D. Williams fell down a rabbit hole inhabited by gamers, geeks, and the grammar police. For twenty-five years, as the executive director of the National SCRABBLE Association, Williams served as the official spokesperson for the game, and as the middleman between legions of fanatical word-game fans and the official brand. Now Word Nerd takes readers inside the byzantine, dog-eat-dog world of top tournament players, creating a piquant (seven-letter word, 68 points!) work that is part pop-cultural history, part anthropological study. Indeed, what Christopher Guest did for the world of dog shows in his film Best in Show, Williams does for the world of competitive word games in this funny and perfectly observed memoir. As readers will discover, Word Nerd explores anagrams, palindromes, the highest-scoring SCRABBLE plays of all time, the birth of the World SCRABBLE Championship, as well as many of the more colorful figures that inhabit this subculture. Die-hard word fans will find invaluable tips on how top players see their boards and racks to come up with the best play, how they prepare, and the psychology of tournament competition. Those uninitiated in the mysteries of SCRABBLE mania will find a delightful, madcap memoir about all the fun people have with language and how words shape our lives and culture in unexpected ways. Whether reminiscing about past national champions, detailing the controversy over efforts to purge the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary of all offensive words, opining on the number of vowelless words that are allowable (cmw for a Welsh deep-walled basin or nth for the ultimate degree), noting how long it takes a word to get into a dictionary, or explaining why there remain more male than female champions, Williams crafts a loving tribute to words and the games people play with them. Word Nerd will fascinate both amateurs and seasoned experts alike.
Talk Nerdy To Me
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Author : Tiffany Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2020-05-19
Talk Nerdy To Me written by Tiffany Schmidt and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-19 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A strait-laced teen finds herself living an Anne of Green Gables romance in this swoon-worthy tale by the author of The Boy Next Story. Eliza Gordon-Fergus is an expert rule-follower. She has to be; her scientist parents dictate her day-to-day decisions, and forbid her from dating. Which is why she finds Curtis Cavendish maddening. He’s never punished for his class clown antics—and worse, his mischief actually masks brilliance. Like, give-Eliza-a-run-for-valedictorian brilliance. When Eliza reads Frankenstein for English class, she’s left feeling more like an experiment than a daughter. Curtis agrees to trade her Anne of Green Gables under one condition: She has to beat him at the science fair. Eliza knows they’re supposed to be competing, but the more time they spend together, the more she realizes she’s in over her head. Because one thing’s certain about Curtis: He makes Eliza want to break all the rules. “Fans will be thrilled with this third installment in the Bookish Boyfriends series that focuses on brainy Eliza and her intellectual equal. . . . Sure to leave romantics with an afterglow.” —Kirkus Reviews
Nerd In Shining Armor
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Author : Vicki Lewis Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Ocean Dance Press
Release Date : 2022-02-16
Nerd In Shining Armor written by Vicki Lewis Thompson and has been published by Ocean Dance Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-16 with Fiction categories.
He loved her from afar until Fate tossed them in the ocean… Genevieve Terrence never imagined an island-hopping flight to Maui would end with her sociopathic boss pointing a gun at her head. Or that she’d wind up stranded on a remote island with nerdy computer programmer Jackson Farley. Good thing she knows a thing or two about surviving a standoff with Mother Nature. Jack can’t believe his luck. Not only is he a hero in Genevieve’s eyes after crash-landing the plane and pulling her to shore, but the sophisticated woman he thought was untouchable is rapidly transforming into a fun-loving hillbilly with a passion for…everything. And his ripped clothes, beard stubble and display of muscles seem to be seducing her way better than his genius IQ. That’s fine with him. He’ll play any role she wants as long as he gets the privilege of holding her. But when danger invades their private hideaway, the nerd and his beauty must fight side by side if they want to make it off the island alive… From the NYT bestselling author who brought you charming werewolves and sexy cowboys. Dive into the Kelly Ripa Book Club pick that launched the popular Nerd series! A sexy laugh-out-loud adventure that will thrill your nerd-loving heart. THE NERD SERIES The books in this series are standalone romances and can be read in any order. Nerd in Shining Armor (Jack & Genevieve) The Nerd Who Loved Me (Harry & Lainie) Nerd Gone Wild (Mitch & Ally) Gone with the Nerd (Flynn & Zoe) Talk Nerdy to Me (Charlie & Eve) Nerds Like It Hot (Lex & Gillian) My Nerdy Valentine (Will & Amanda)
War Nerd
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Author : Gary Brecher
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2009-03-01
War Nerd written by Gary Brecher and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with History categories.
“[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.” —Utne Reader Self-described war nerd Gary Brecher knows he’s not alone, that there’s a legion of fat, lonely Americans, stuck in stupid, paper-pushing desk jobs, who get off on reading about war because they hate their lives. But Brecher writes about war, too. War Nerd collects his most opinionated, enraging, enlightening, and entertaining pieces. Part war commentator, part angry humorist à la Bill Hicks, Brecher inveighs against pieties of all stripes—Liberian generals, Dick Cheney, U.N. peacekeepers, the neo-cons—and the massive incompetence of military powers. A provocative free thinker, he finds much to admire in the most unlikely places, and not always for the most pacifistic reasons: the Tamil Tigers, the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Danes of 1,000 years ago, and so on, across the globe and through the centuries. Crude, scatological, un-P.C., yet deeply informed, Brecher provides a radically different, completely unvarnished perspective on the nature of warfare. “Military columnist Gary Brecher’s look at contemporary war is both offensive and illuminating. His book, War Nerd . . . aims to explain why the best-equipped armies in the world continue to lose battles to peasants armed with rocks . . . Brecher’s unrefined voice adds something essential to the conversation.” —Mother Jones “It’s international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view.” —The Millions
Nerd Ecology Defending The Earth With Unpopular Culture
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Author : Anthony Lioi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-20
Nerd Ecology Defending The Earth With Unpopular Culture written by Anthony Lioi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-20 with Social Science categories.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, The Hunger Games, and superhero comics such as Green Lantern and X-Men, Anthony Lioi maps out the development of nerd culture and its intersections with the most fundamental ecocritical themes. In this way Lioi finds in the narratives of unpopular culture - narratives in which marginalised individuals and communities unite to save the planet - the building blocks of a new environmental politics in tune with the concerns of contemporary ecocritical theory and practice.