The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People

by Garth Sundem

Book Overview

TUNE IN. TURN ON. GEEK OUT. Sorry, beautiful people. These days, from government to business to technology to Hollywood, geeks rule the world. Finally, here's the book no self-respecting geek can live without-a guide jam-packed with 314.1516 short entries both useful and fun. Science, pop-culture trivia, paper airplanes, and pure geekish nostalgia coexist as happily in these pages as they do in their natural habitat of the geek brain. In short, dear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307450341
• ISBN13: 9780307450340
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

I thought this book was pretty good, pretty funny too, has lots of cool info and cool facts. It's a must have for geeks. I been planing on doing a live stream here at my desk and I would always have this book in the view, just because it's all about geeks! Geeks Rule!

Geeks Can Be Fun, Too!

Yes, I consider myself to be a geek. But despite what the author claims, this book seems to be meant for geeks and nongeeks alike. For nongeeks, topics such as nuclear energy, thermodynamics, and the subtleties of the Klingon language are explained in easy-to-understand terms that even the nongeek brain can grasp. For geeks, there are ample opportunities to indulge in our various geeky obsessions...for me, the sections on J.R.R. Tolkien were particularly satisfying. This book gives geeks a reason to be proud of their geekiness, and gives nongeeks the ability to pretend that they are geeks...which of course, all nongeeks wish they could do. Reading this book will give one the ability to impress anyone he or she encounters. You'll be able to show off your shadow puppet-making skills, impress people with your expert martial arts moves, and help out your friends be making them chain mail armor. In all seriousness, this book is both entertaining and informative. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of both absurd and useful topics.

Geeks Guide - Not for the ordinary.

This is a fine collection of brain-streching workouts to keep you thought processes active and well tuned. With the simple reference to Schodinger's Cat - I do not recommend this book to the ordinary reader. If however you find yourself wanting to know why and how on 314.15 levels of thinking.. then by all means, dig in, you'll find yourself digesting the book in fragments, and reordering your thoughts around what you've read. Like Schrodinger's Cat, this book's value can only be proofed by the individual... Can AI ever really exsist or is it a doctrine of faith rather than science? Be afraid beautiful people, be very afraid.

LOL you'll have a great time reading this book

Well this confirms it... I am officially a geek. There are so many fun and weird things strung throughout this book, you find yourself addicted to finding out what is on the next page. Just don't put it by the toilet or you will never leave the bathroom.

A Must-Have for Every Geek

Garth Sundem has done it again--he's written a witty, intelligent, and fun book that will get readers thinking. Here are just a handful of some of the delightful finds you'll get to peruse in this new book: Five Thought Experiments You Can Do Without Getting Out of Bed, World Leaders Who Also Happen to Be Hot, Spam Haiku, Futurama Quotes, and How to Ask Where the Bathroom is in Twelve Different Languages. There is a lot of variety in this book, which is great for geeks who get bored easily. There are also a ton of puzzles in this book, so for all of you logic puzzle fans--this book is for you. There is definitely something in it for every kind of geek, male or female, age 18 to grandparent. Sundem clearly has a gift for making people laugh while also plugging in real facts (that won't put you to sleep!). If Stephen Colbert, Alton Brown, Bill Nye, Matt Groening, and Steven Levitt all wrote one book together, this is what you'd get.