In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

The reception of Silent Spring: an introduction / Craig Waddell -- Chemical fallout: Silent Spring, radioactive fallout, and the environmental movement / Ralph H. Lutts -- An inventional archaeology ...

YORK, Maine — The York Art Association welcomes spring with its opening exhibit, “Silent Spring,” a show inspired by the season and honoring the legacy of environmentalist and author Rachel Carson.

—Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (p. 297) The publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962 is widely regarded as one of the major events that launched the modern environmental movement. Silent ...

Spring -- Sense of wonder: Under the Sea-Wind -- Summer -- Florescence: The Sea Around Us -- Fall - The fullness of life: From The Edge of the Sea to DDT -- Winter -- The poison book and the dark ...

That was well understood by evolutionists early on, but it took a marine biologist and talented writer, Rachel Carson, to bring the pesticide problem to public attention and, incidentally, to launch ...

Hosted by Michael Bartley, this episode explores Rachel Carson’s life, legacy, and impact. Hosted by Michael Bartley, this episode features “Rachel Carson's Homestead,” produced and reported by Dave ...

Silent Spring is one of those books where many people think they know what it says, have opinions about it, even if they haven’t read it. It’s a science book that, when you sit down and crack it open, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in ...