Secret Mesa by Jo Ann Shroyer
Created as a top-secret outpost on a desolate mesa in the New Mexico desert-exclusively for the purpose of assembling the world's first atomic weapon-Los Alamos was transformed during the Cold War into a high-powered science complex and full-blown "company town," with a population of 20,000, covering 43 square miles, including schools, stores, churches, even a private ski slope. Los Alamos is a world unto itself, rife with contradictions, haunted by its history, yet bustling with an astonishing range of forefront science projects, from cancer research to robotic ants. Shroyer has conducted extensive interviews and research, including repeated trips to the laboratory, and her thoughtful, elegant writing offers a probing exploration of the intense, complicated life behind these closed doors.
JO ANN SHROYER has won numerous awards for journalistic excellence. Her articles have appeared in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Denver Post, the Kansas City Star, and other newspapers, and she has reported on science and medical issues for National Public Radio.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471040637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471040630 |
| Title | Secret Mesa |
| Author | Jo Ann Shroyer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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