Part I: Principles of Nerd Living - Chapter 1. The Tao of Phi - 2. Scout lifeguarding - 3. Me against the rock - 4. When slide rules ruled - 5. The first earth day and national service - 6. How my parents quit smoking - 7. Ned and the "THANKS" sign - 8. Why the bow tie? - 9. Land of the free, home of the nerds - 10. Everybody knows something you don't. PART II - Nerd Ideas Into Nerd Actions. - Chapter 11. The joy of constraints - 12. Upside-down pyramid of design - 13. Comedy and me - 14. Not faking it - 15. Resonating to the nerd beat - 16, Critical thinking, critical filtering - 17. A vaccine against deception - 18. Destiny be damned-full speed ahead - 19. Time for measured urgency - 20. A mind is a wonderful thing to change. PART III. How To Change The World. Chapter 21. Are you an imposter? - 22. How high can you go? - 23. Tragedy of the traffic accident - 24. Cold, hard facts of ice - 25. West Virginians and all that coal - 26. Security through nerdiness - 27. Think cosmically, act globally - 28. Humans control the earth; nerds should guide the humans - 29. A reasoner's manifesto - 30. Design for a better future.
