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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura Dassow WallsPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780299147440ISBN 10: 0299147444 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 31 October 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews<p> An excellent book, well-written, even eloquent. Walls is clearly the first scholar to read Thoreau thoroughly in the context both of the science of his own day and of the theory and philosophy of science in our day, in such a way as profoundly to call into question all previous work in this area and to open up questions about the very nature of science and scientific truth. --Robert Sattelmeyer, Georgia State University An excellent book, well-written, even eloquent. Walls is clearly the first scholar to read Thoreau thoroughly in the context both of the science of his own day and of the theory and philosophy of science in our day, in such a way as profoundly to call into question all previous work in this area and to open up questions about the very nature of science and scientific truth. Robert Sattelmeyer, Georgia State University Author InformationLaura Dassow Walls is assistant professor of English at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |