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

by BASCOMB, NEAL

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9780307588890

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0307588890

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

3/1/2011

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Crown

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The FIRST robotics competition, started by genius inventor Dean Kamen in hopes of jump-starting American innovation and creating the next generation's version of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, has become a worldwide phenomenon-and regularly spurs students and teachers to accomplishments they never dreamed possible. InThe New Cool,acclaimed author Neal Bascomb follows one ragtag team of high school competitors who are led by a charismatic physics teacher named Amir Abo-Shaeer (Abo-Shaeer is the first high school teacher to win the MacArthur "Genius" Award). In a marathon effort of sixteen-hour days and mind-bending engineering hurdles, the team struggles to build their robot and fight their way toward the national championship. As the season progresses, these ordinary students-thanks in large part to one extraordinary teacher-discover untapped reserves of resourcefulness and strength. The New Coolis not just the story of the FIRST program and what it means for an America struggling to extend its heritage of entrepreneurship and innovation-it also portrays some of our nationrs"s brightest young people as they struggle to overcome challenges both intellectual and emotional, live out the agony and ecstasy of competition, and ultimately achieve more than they ever dreamed.

Dramatis Personae	p. xi
Time Line	p. xiii
Prologue	p. 1
The Kickoff	p. 5
Strategy	p. 26
Week One: 43 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 49
Week Two: 36 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 70
The Competition: The ThunderChickens, Team 217	p. 91
Week Three: 29 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 97
Week Four: 22 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 118
The Competition: 2Train Robotics, Team 395	p. 135
Week Five: 15 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 143
Week Six: 8 Days Until Robot Ship	p. 165
96 Hours Until Ship	p. 178
Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, Part I	p. 194
Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, Part II	p. 209
The Competition: Heroes of Tomorrow, Team 67	p. 233
Sacramento Regional Competition: The Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, Part I	p. 238
Sacramento Regional Competition: The Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, Part II	p. 251
First Championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, Part I	p. 271
First Championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, Part II	p. 290
Epilogue	p. 317
Notes	p. 327
Game Glossary	p. 331
Acknowledgments	p. 335
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