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| Silent Spring | 
| Author: Rachel Carson
Creators: Edward O. Wilson, Linda Lear
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  135 reviews
Sales Rank: 1677
Format: Special Edition
Media: Paperback
Edition: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618249060
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7384
UPC: 046442249065
EAN: 9780618249060
ASIN: 0618249060
Publication Date: October 22, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Paperback w/no markings in the text, Book has bent corner. Creased cover.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Help for a french reader November 29, 1999
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am very interesting to find all the books written by Rachel Carlson in french. I looked for these books in several book shops in france. Unsuccessfully . Thank you for your help
 please help November 22, 1999
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm french girl and i watch on TV a subject about Rachel Carson. I want to buy her book but i would find a french version. Can you help me?
A classic - must reading! August 20, 1999
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Excellent - and still very relevant today. Rachel Carson had great foresight at a time when DDT was being sprayed everywhere - remember how all the neighborhood children enjoyed running into the DDT fog as it was being sprayed? Unfortunately, DDT is still widely being used in third world courtries today. As follow-up reading to this book, I highly recommend "Our Stolen Future" by Theo Colborn (1997). What Rachel was to the sixties, Theo is to the nineties. Largely because of her work and her book, we are now realizing that in addition to cancer and loss of wildlife, pesticides pose a set of dangers that are more subtle, but may ultimately be more damaging - they may threaten our children's ability to have children. Sperm counts have dropped up to 50% in recent decades. The chemicals have blanketed the earth, and every human, now matter how remotely located, now has significant concentrations of persistent pesticides and PCBs stored in their fat tissues. Another related book I highly recommend is "Toxic Sludge is Good for You - Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry" by John Stauber (1995). It explains how industry continues to manufacture thousands of extremely poisonous chemicals with abandon, despite the efforts of so many environmental groups. It turns out that many (but not all) of the so-called environmental and scientific groups are not much more than clever PR fronts funded by mainly by industry.
 It's a text book for a science class. August 12, 1999
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I read Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring for my science class. As I slowly dragged through each chapter, I found the book to be interesting and very informative. However, I also found it hard to read. I constantly had to put the book down and reach for my dictionary to look up words. The length of the book is another flaw. Silent Spring did not need to be 17 chapters long. She could have gotten her point across in less chapters.
 Very important for those with environmental concerns July 28, 1999
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is crucial for those who have any interest in environmental health and biology and I would highly recommend it for those people. However, the book can be dull at times. If you muddle through those parts, it gets better. The last chapter, on alternatives to chemical control of pests and weeds, is the most interesting and practical. Another problem with the book is that Rachel Carson often uses overly sensational wording to convey the threat from widespread use of chemicals. She was clearly on a mission. The final flaw I found with the book is some logical errors in her arguments. If you can overlook those relatively minor points, it is very worth reading. The book is extremely well researched and provides a wealth of information. I highly recommend this book.
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