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| Author | Neal Bascomb |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Crown |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-58889-0 |
| OCLC | 641997964 |
The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts is a 2011 non-fiction narrative book by American writer Neal Bascomb. It follows four FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams through the course of the 2009 season. Its main subject, however, is Team 1717 and the exploits of its students and its head mentor Amir Abo-Shaeer; the other teams followed were teams 217, 395, and 67, from Sterling Heights, Michigan, New York City, and Milford, Michigan respectively.