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:	Science > Social aspects > West (U.S.) Science > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.) Technology > Social aspects > West (U.S.) Technology > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)

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.