![]() ![]() Boudreau date published 1962 ID Number 2013.3104.01 nonaccession number 2013.3104 catalog number 2013.3104.01 Object Name book Physical Description paper (overall material) cloth (overall material) Measurements overall: 22 cm x 15. Silent Spring (1962) is the best-known work by Rachel Carson (1907 1964), noted American marine biologist and environmental trailblazer. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Joan E. The publication of Silent Spring led to an increased public awareness of humanity’s impact on nature and is credited as the beginning of the modern environmental movement, leading to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and the banning of DDT in 1972. While noting the benefits of pesticides in fighting insect-borne disease and boosting crop yields, Carson warned about the invisible dangers of indiscriminate insecticide use and its unintended effect on nature. Carson's research on the effect of insecticides (specifically DDT) on bird populations coupled with her moving prose made Silent Spring a best-seller, though chemical companies attacked it as unscientific. Object Details author Carson, Rachel Description The book Silent Spring by biologist and nature writer Rachel Carson was published in 1962. Rachel Carson (19071964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. ![]() Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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