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The New Cool

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

The New Cool( )
Author: Bascomb, Neal
ISBN:978-0-307-58889-0
Publication Date:Mar 2011
Publisher:Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Imprint:Crown
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $25.00
Book Description:

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.nbsp; But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of "cool" was brewing.nbsp; 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 who wanted...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Robotics
Education / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.42 x 9.52 x 1.18 Inches
Book Weight:1.25 Pounds
Author Biography
Bascomb, Neal (Author)
Neal Bascomb was born in Denver, Colorado in 1971.

Neal graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with dual degrees in Economics and English Literature.

Neal's first book was Higher (Doubleday) which was chosen for a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. His other works include Perfect Mile (Houghton Mifflin), Red Mutiny (Houghton Mifflin), and Hunting Eichmann (Houghton Mifflin).

In 2014 his title, The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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