Nerd high culture - a list by ScienceWannabe

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Arts and letters for those who accept the nerd moniker but hunger for a culture beyond Monty Python and Douglas Adams.

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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

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Yes, OK, I've read a graphic novel or two. They're literature, some say. Be that as it may, this book moves far beyond "graphic novel" territory in both its storytelling and its aesthetics. Chris Ware's masterpiece jumps, seemingly randomly, across three generations of damaged and pathetic men -- a petit epic that unfolds figuratively and literally through a myriad of odd and creative narrative devices. There are even fold-out craft projects embedded in it here and there, intricate dioramas that form a part of the story along with all of the lovingly detailed illustrations and dense marginalia.

Updated Nov 18, 2006

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Primer (2003)

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If this is what you get when engineers become filmmakers, then we need more. Fantastic low budget independent movie. Loved the beginning; loved the middle; and am still trying to figure out the ending (though I am positive I'll love it after I've watched it a couple more times). Thanks to Joe for the recommendation. (via joe)

Updated Jul 23, 2006

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Couch potato scientist

Updated Nov 21, 2006

Gear for tyros like myself who love science and engineering but who never mustered the stamina to get out and earn that degree.

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