Thursday 21 August 2008

A Short Illustrated History Of The Nerd


Where did the nerd originate, both as a word an individual and, possibly, a species? What were the original societal perceptions of the nerd? How have these changed over the decades?

Enter the world of the nerd and discover for yourself this fascinating and light hearted illustrated history of the origin of the species. Darwin, eat your heart out.

(via Robert-John)

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

check out link:
In Praise of Nerds

Christian Rudolf said...

Neerds and geeks are nice words today, not like when I grew up. Having glases and beeing a nerd was not always nice ride.

Today its diffrently:http://www.flickr.com/photos/smirking/3959441719/