Melissa L Sevigny: 2 books
Mythical River
Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
In a lyrical mix of natural science, history, and memoir, Melissa L. Sevigny ponders what it means to make a home in the American Southwest at a time when its most essential resource, water, is overexploited and undervalued. Mythical River takes the reader on a historical sojourn into the story of...
Under Desert Skies
How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
President Kennedy’s announcement that an American would walk on the Moon before the end of the 1960s took the scientific world by surprise. The study of the Moon and planets had long fallen out of favor with astronomers: they were the stuff of science fiction, not science.
An upstart planetary...