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Silent Spring is an environmental science book. The book documents the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.
1 paź 2024 · Silent Spring, nonfiction book written by Rachel Carson that became one of the most-influential books in the modern environmental movement. Published in 1962, Silent Spring was widely read by the general public and became a New York Times best seller. The book provided the impetus for tighter.
ISBN-13: 978-0618249060. Buy Now. “In nature nothing exists alone.” ― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring. Silent Spring began with a “fable for tomorrow” – a true story using a composite of examples drawn from many real communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural animals, domestic pets, and even humans.
10 maj 2018 · A book about the unintended consequences of pesticide use, Silent Spring was an unlikely best seller when it was published in 1962, prompting a revolution in environmental consciousness whose repercussions are still being felt decades later.
23 cze 2024 · Hardcover/paperback. Silent Spring is the name of a book by Rachel Carson. It was published in 1962. It tells of the damage done to the environment by the use of chemicals to kill pests.
Silent Spring (1962) is about humanity’s misguided attempts to control nature through the use of chemical pesticides. Find out how our using manufactured poisons to kill unwanted pests disrupts the delicate balance of nature and threatens our very existence.
