About this science book
Silent spring by Wilson, Edward Osborne; Lear, Linda J.; Carson, Rachel Louise is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
Rachel Carson's__Silent Spring__was first published in three serialized excerpts in the__New Yorker__in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilson, Edward Osborne; Lear, Linda J.; Carson, Rachel Louise
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780618249060
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Engineering, Social Science, Science