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Books : Silent SpringIn association with Amazon.comby: Rachel Carson  EAN: 9780140022681 Format: Import ISBN: 0140022686 Label: Fawcett Publications, Inc. Manufacturer: Fawcett Publications, Inc. Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 1970 Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc. Studio: Fawcett Publications, Inc. Sales Rank: 4014837 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Still RelevantThis book is a classic observational study of the effects of man-made chemicals on the natural world. Carson, a biologist and writer, turned her attention to the natural consequences of the new practices of trying to control insect pests with chemical treatments. She begins the book by explaining the chemistry behind the commonly used agricultural chemicals such as DDT and Parathion. She then examines the fate of the chemicals, in water, soil, plants, animals, and people. She notes that not only ... Read More Rating:  - The Right to KnowEvery once in a while a book comes a long that has such a profound effect on society that it creates a movement for awareness and betterment. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, is one of those. Silent Spring did for the environmental movement what Upton Sinclair's The Jungle did for the labor movement and Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the anti-slavery movement. Carson took a stand on environmental abuses, especially against the chemical industry in this work of social criticism. Carson opened the ... Read More Rating: - Landmark book.Very important work by a very important figure in history, get it, read it, pass it on. Rating: - Of Silent Springs and Loudly PropheciesWith this comedy masterpiece, Rachel Carson launched a thorough and successful assault on pesticides commonly used in agriculture. After nearly 45 years, DDT is no longer used. Every organism on the planet has what was once considered a lethal quantity of it in its cells and the human ones are still alive to whine about the worms in their raspberries. Should you read this book? Yes. It's a thought-provoking indictment, and, like The Jungle 60 years before it, helped shape the world in which ... Read More Rating: - Ahead of its time.This book is more than I expected it to be. It is way ahead of its time and makes an important contribution to the environmental movement. Browse for similar items by category:
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