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Thoreau the Scientist: How His Environmental Research Informed "Walden" and Later Works

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By Robert M. Thorson
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Henry David Thoreau investigated the Sudbury River as America’s first river scientist. Photo: Robert M. Thorson. The steam locomotive chugged its way toward Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, 1859. On board was an impatient young scientist wanting to understand the math and science governing how river channels should behave.
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Robert M. Thorson

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Robert M. Thorson is Professor of Earth Science at the University of Connecticut.
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Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

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By Robert M. Thorson
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Henry David Thoreau investigated the Sudbury River as America's first river scientist.Robert M. Thorson The steam locomotive chugged its way toward Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, 1859. On board was an impatient young scientist wanting to understand the math and science governing how river channels should behave. After disembarking at Harvard College and searching the stacks of its library, Henry David Thoreau checked out “Principes D’Hydraulique,” a three-volume tome of hydraulic engineering.
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