Science, values, and the American West /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tchudi, Stephen, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reno, Nev. : Nevada Humanities Committee, [1997]
Subjects:

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505 0 |a 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. 
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