ISBN:
1890591009
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 256 p
,
ill
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Halcyon series 19
Series Statement:
Halcyon
DDC:
303.48/3/0978
Keywords:
Science
;
Social aspects
;
West (U.S.)
;
Science
;
Environmental aspects
;
West (U.S.)
;
Technology
;
Social aspects
;
West (U.S.)
;
Technology
;
Environmental aspects
;
West (U.S.)
Description / Table of Contents:
Controlling the land: John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West / Michael A. Bryson.--Shoshonean / Gary Short--Automation and apocalypse in The Octopus / Brett Zalkan.--Turning my wheel / Brian Yaw.--The paths of unjust profit: John Keeble's portrait of the American West / Todd Moffett and Tina Eliopulos.--Mammoths, prehistoric archaeology, and interdisciplinary research / Stephanie Livingston and Claudia Miner.--More than rivers run to bedrock / Bill Cowee.--Badlands Mary / Vincent L. Morgan.--Inside the skin of nature: science and the quest for the golden orange / Douglas Sackman.--The big-bang theory of language / John Garmon.--Coffee, doughnuts, and atomic bombs / Stephen Adkison.--The trinity of physics in Nevada: a personal reflection / James K. Kliwer.--Mock turtle arithmetic, public trust, and the Nevada Site / Sue Rabbitt Roff.--Project Plowshare: the cold war search for a peaceful nuclear explosive / David Kirsch.--High-level ethical risk: morally unsound practices at Yucca Mountain / Craig Walton.--Demons, monks, and nuke waste / Frank Bergon
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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