Walden’s Shore Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Science【電子書籍】[ Robert M. Thorson ]

＜p＞"Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward," Thoreau invites his readers in ＜em＞Walden＜/em＞, "till we come to a hard bottom and rocks in place, which we can call ＜em＞reality＜/em＞." ＜em＞Walden's Shore＜/em＞ explores Thoreau's understanding of that hard reality, not as metaphor but as physical science. Robert M. Thorson is interested in Thoreau the rock and mineral collector, interpreter of landscapes, and field scientist whose compass and measuring stick were as important to him as his plant press. At ＜em＞Walden＜/em＞'s climax, Thoreau asks us to imagine a "living earth" upon which all animal and plant life is parasitic. This book examines Thoreau's understanding of the geodynamics of that living earth, and how his understanding informed the writing of ＜em＞Walden＜/em＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The story unfolds against the ferment of natural science in the nineteenth century, as Natural Theology gave way to modern secular science. That era saw one of the great blunders in the history．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る