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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: 1535
Format: Special Edition
Media: Paperback
Edition: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0618249060
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7384
UPC: 046442249065
EAN: 9780618249060
ASIN: 0618249060
Publication Date: October 22, 2002
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Condition: book is a very readable clean copy but book is creased out of shape
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 review for silent spring February 10, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson provides an in-depth look of how the world was changing in the 1940s and 50s. After World War II, man began to develop very hazardous chemicals and decided to combat the insects without, many times, legitamste reasons. Carson's analysis of these new chemicals, such as DDT, was revolutionary and changed the scope of how these pesticides were handled in the future. she provides many real life examples and paints a very grim picture in order to try to reach out to the ignorant people of the time. the common person was very unaware of the potential danger these chemicals presented to them. Carson talks about many relevant topics including the effects on wildlife, livestock, the water, and even humans. she is able to tell the story by breaking down complex science terms for the common person to understand. Overall the book was very engrossing, but at times it can be a bit repetitive. It was a stepping stone to awareness of the situation at the time. You can even say with the help of carson the end of the world as we know it was averted.
 Informative February 9, 2004
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Silent SPring is a ook that everybody should read. It alerts individuals of the potent hazards of pesticides. THe book provides specific examples of chemical poisoning and its effect on the environment. On the campus of Michigan State University a place hwere robins were once known for their dominating presence. DDT was sprayed on the Elm trees. THe next year, dead robins appeared everywhere on campus, and few baby robins hatched. THis type of devestation is just one example Rachel Carson uses to portray the horrid consequences of pesiticide use. Carson writes with an exuberant manner that the average person can read. Though her writing was repetitive at times it is important to read this book because of the understanding it gives you about the harmful effects of pesticides.
Good Book February 9, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A book about man made chemicals and the effects they have on the earth. A specifici example DDT. She discusses thge destruction of the earth and she wants to create awareness of the problem, and not an attack on people. This book was good but got boring at times. She gets very specific but i feel that it is a book that is necessary for people to read and understand the pesticide problem in the world
 Lies our parents told us December 11, 2003
39 out of 83 found this review helpful
Okay, Rachel Carson saved us from DDT. In a recent lecture about science and ecology, author Michael Crichton, no conservative, says the following: "DDT is not a carcinogen and did not cause birds to die and should never have been banned. I can tell you that the people who banned it knew that it wasn't carcinogenic and banned it anyway. I can tell you that the DDT ban has caused the deaths of tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, whose deaths are directly attributable to a callous, technologically advanced western society that promoted the new cause of environmentalism by pushing a fantasy about a pesticide, and thus irrevocably harmed the third world. Banning DDT is one of the most disgraceful episodes in the twentieth century history of America. We knew better, and we did it anyway, and we let people around the world die and didn't give a damn." Carson was a wonderful writer and doesn't deserve all the blame -- that belongs to the politicians who exploited the issue -- but the book is wrong and led to the unnecessary death of 30 million to Malaria (a disease nearly eradicated before the ban). In the old days, the left was in denial about the thirty million Stalin dismissed from this life. Now this. Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!
Not for the book, for the people who say DDT is harmless November 6, 2003
14 out of 52 found this review helpful
Why don't all of you start sprinkling it on your corn flakes in the morning and see just how harmless it is? It will save the world from a bigger problem then that of malaria, the problem of idiots.
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