NerdsBy: David Anderegg "Anderegg's clear eyed look at a damaging cultural truism does nerds and jocks all Americans, really a service." (The Washington Post). Thick glasses, socially awkward, a math whiz with a pocket protector everyone knows what a nerd is. But where did this stereotype come from? Children aren't born knowing what a "nerd" or "geek" is, so why do they know by the age of five or six that they don't want to be one? In this revised and