The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts

by Neal Bascomb

Book Overview

That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of "cool" was brewing. A physics teacher with a dream - the first public high-school teacher ever to win a MacArthur Genius Award -- had rounded up a band of high-I.Q. students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307588904
• ISBN13: 9780307588906
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"