EPISODE · Sep 16, 2015
Reading ‘Walden’ for the Rocks
from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern
On today’s show, our guest is Robert M. Thorson, author of Walden’s Shore: Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Science (Harvard University Press, paperback August 2015). Thorson is a geologist who decided to read Thoreau’s classic literary work for its observations about nature. He argues that Thoreau was as skilled a naturalist as he was a…
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On todays show, our guest is Robert M. Thorson, author of Waldens Shore: Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Science (Harvard University Press, paperback August 2015). Thorson is a geologist who decided to read Thoreaus classic literary work for its observations about nature. He argues that Thoreau was as skilled a naturalist as he was a writer. Later in the hour, contributing editor Erin Blakemore talks about whats happened to the remains of the Romanovs. Music this hour: “Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within Travel Light by Jason Shaw, from the album Audionatix: Acoustic Prelude No. 14 by Chris Zabriskie, from the album Preludes Out of the Skies, Under the Earth by Chris Zabriskie, from the album Reappear
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