NEW COOL, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　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. In The 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 Cool is 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 nation’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.