the Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/09/2012
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movementShe loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. achel Carson began work on Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT, whose inventor had won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, which were lasting, widespread, and lethal. ublished in 1962, Silent Spring shocked the public and forced the government to take action-despite a withering attack on Carson from the
- ISBN:
- 9780307462206
- 9780307462206
- Category:
- Biography: science
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 15-09-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Random House USA Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 544
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241x169x42mm
- Weight:
- 0.8kg
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