Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Introduction 11
5. The Conquest of Cool 23
6. The American Information Society and the Crisis of Scientific Legitimation 45
7. Nerd Alert 73
8. Cool Forensics and the Spectacle of Technoscience in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY 91
9. Geek Cool and the Comedy of Science in The Big Bang Theory 129
10. Only The Cool Survive 171
11. From Nerds to iCons 223
12. Beyond the Formula 283
13. References 297
14. Index 333