![]() ![]() Utilizing the professional connections she had built over her lifetime working in federal science agencies and private research she spent over six years documenting her analysis that humans were misusing powerful, persistent, chemical pesticides before knowing the full extent of their potential harm to the whole biota.Īs a scientist, naturalist, Marine Biologist, and writer Carson worked tirelessly to protect the natural world. The book was then published in August of 1962 and became an instant bestseller and arguably one of the most important books ever written on human degradation of the natural world. ![]() The book SILENT SPRING, prior to being published, was serialized in 3 separate parts within these 3 New Yorker magazines (pictured). ![]() “Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.” The 60th Anniversary of SILENT SPRING is just around the corner, and these 3 magazines are definitive push-pins in the timeline of the environmental movement. ![]()
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