Science, values, and the American West
By: edited by Stephen Tchudi.
Contributors: Tchudi, Stephen, 1942-
Series: Halcyon ;; v. 19
Publisher: Nevada Humanities Committee
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Reno, Nev
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.); Science -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.); Technology -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.); Technology -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Controlling the land: John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West / Michael A. Bryson.; title: Shoshonean / Gary Short; title: Automation and apocalypse in The Octopus / Brett Zalkan.; title: Turning my wheel / Brian Yaw.; title: The paths of unjust profit: John Keeble's portrait of the American West / Todd Moffett and Tina Eliopulos.; title: Mammoths, prehistoric archaeology, and interdisciplinary research / Stephanie Livingston and Claudia Miner.; title: More than rivers run to bedrock / Bill Cowee.; title: Badlands Mary / Vincent L. Morgan.; title: Inside the skin of nature: science and the quest for the golden orange / Douglas Sackman.; title: The big-bang theory of language / John Garmon.; title: Coffee, doughnuts, and atomic bombs / Stephen Adkison.; title: The trinity of physics in Nevada: a personal reflection / James K. Kliwer.; title: Mock turtle arithmetic, public trust, and the Nevada Site / Sue Rabbitt Roff.; title: Project Plowshare: the cold war search for a peaceful nuclear explosive / David Kirsch.; title: High-level ethical risk: morally unsound practices at Yucca Mountain / Craig Walton.; title: Demons, monks, and nuke waste / Frank Bergon.