Science in the American Southwest: A Topical History

by George E. Webb

As a site of scientific activity, the Southwest may be best known for atomic research at Los Alamos and astronomical observations at Kitt Peak. But as George Webb shows, these twentieth-century endeavors follow a complex history of discovery that dates back to Spanish colonial times, and they point toward an exciting future. Ranging broadly over the natural and human sciences, Webb shows that the Southwest--specifically Arizona, New Mexico, and west...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816521883
• ISBN13: 9780816521883
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"