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Science in the American Southwest : a topical history / George E. Webb.
Penn Museum Library Q180.U5 W37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, George Ernest.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Research--Arizona--History--20th century.
- Research.
- Research--New Mexico--History--20th century.
- Research--Texas--History--20th century.
- History.
- Texas.
- New Mexico.
- Arizona.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Part I The Establishment of Science
- 1 The Desert Revealed: The Origins of Southwestern Science 10
- 2 Applying Science: Benjamin Silliman Jr., Mining Consultant 37
- 3 Tree Rings and Climatic Cycles: A. E. Douglass 58
- Part II The Scientific Community
- 4 Foundations and Institutions, 1900-1940 83
- 5 Leading Women Scientists, 1920-1950 103
- 6 The Impact of World War II 120
- Part III The Foundations of Modern Science
- 7 Astronomy in Southern Arizona, 1889-1963 151
- 8 Darwin in the Desert: Arizona's Evolution Controversies 167
- 9 The Southwest and Interplanetary Exploration 187
- 10 From Natural Laboratory to Scientific Center 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816521883
- OCLC:
- 48620201
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