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Walden's Shore : Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Science /
Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor but as physical science. Robert Thorson's subject is Thoreau the rock and mineral collector, interpreter of landscapes, and field scientist whose com...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor but as physical science. Robert Thorson's subject is 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780674728400 9783110665901 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |