Article: Science Key to Ralph Waldo Emerson's Work, Life, Says New Book; 2003 is Transcendentalist's 200th Birthday.

Byline: Lafayette College

EASTON, Pa., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Laura Dassow Walls, associate professor of English at Lafayette, is author of a new book entitled "Emerson's Life in Science: The Culture of Truth," published by Cornell University Press.

Walls' areas of interest and expertise include the intersections of literature and natural science in the 1800s. In her view, Ralph Waldo Emerson exemplified the strong connection between transcendentalism and science in the 19th century. This year is the 200th anniversary of Emerson's birth.

Though Emerson is traditionally seen as a dreamer and mystic - concerned with the ideals of ...

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