This insightful study explores how science and technology became cool in American culture - from the heroic nerds of recent disaster movies to the chilly aesthetics of CSI's crime lab.

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Judith Kohlenberger (Dr. phil.), born 1986, is a post-doctoral researcher forcusing on cultural studies, identity and representation politics. She currently works at the Institute for Social Policy of the Vienna University of Economics and Business and is affiliated with the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU). She publishes widely on science studies, migration and education and teaches in the European Studies Program of the University of Vienna.

»Der Verdienst der Studie besteht zweifelsohne in der Darlegung des veränderten Verhältnisses von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit im dritten Jahrtausend [...]. Eine dichte und empfehlenswerte Lektüre im Kontext der Erforschung der Populärkultur der Gegenwart.«

»In her study, Kohlenberger succeeds in dissecting the multiple diverging relationships of science and coolness and provides a compelling analysis of a variety of media texts. This makes ›The New Formula for Cool‹ not only an important go-to for anyone interested in coolness studies, but also an important contribution to North American Studies and explorations of popular culture in general.«

»An important contribution to the study of American popular culture. It will be a fixture in future discussions addressing the many permutations of ›cool‹.«

»One can only hope that there will be a continuation and extension of the present engaging and remarkably informative study in the near future.«

»An important contribution to the study of American popular culture and will be a fixture in future discussions addressing the many permutations of cool.«

»In her study, Kohlenberger succeeds in dissecting the multiple diverging relationships of science and coolness and provides a compelling analysis of a variety of media texts. This makes ›The New Formula for Cool‹ not only an important go-to for anyone interested in coolness studies, but also an important contribution to North American Studies and explorations of popular culture in general.«

»One can only hope that there will be a continuation and extension of the present engaging and remarkably informative study in the near future.«