Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

Henry David Thoreau investigated the Sudbury River as America's first river scientist. Robert M. ThorsonThe 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’Hydr…

Thoreau the scientist – how environmental analysis knowledgeable ‘Walden’ and later works

The steam locomotive chugged its method towards Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, 1859. On board was once an impatient younger scientist in need of to grasp the mathematics and science governing how river channels will have to behave. After disembarking at Harvard School and looking out the stacks of its library, Henry David Thoreau looked at “Principes D’Hydraulique,” a three-volume tome of hydraulic engineering. As soon as he translated an…