![]() ![]() The geeks we hear about are men like Bill Gates, a notorious computer geek who runs one of the worlds largest corporations and George Lucas who has created some of the most successful science fiction movies and videogames of the past 30 years. Book Synopsis Geeks may be outcasts in mainstream society, mocked for their lack of social graces, but theyre still taking over the world. More than anything, ShesSuch a Geek is a celebration and call to arms: its a hopeful book which looks forward to a day when women will invent molecular motors, design the next ultra-tiny supercomputer, and run the government. ![]() Editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders bring together a diverse range of critical and personal essays about the meaning of female nerdhood by women who are in love with genomics, obsessed with blogging, learned about sex from Dungeons and Dragons, and arent afraid to match wits with men or computers. ![]() About the Book Shes Such a Geek is a groundbreaking anthology that celebrates women who have flourished in the male-dominated realms of technical and cultural arcana. ![]()
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