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| Silent Spring (Edition 001) | 
| Author: Rachel Carson
Creators: Edward O. Wilson, Linda Lear
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Edition: 104
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618249060
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7384
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Publication Date: October 22, 2002
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 Still a long way to go March 13, 1999
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's ironic, significant and scary. Within the same week, Rachel Carson's original article, published in '62 by The New Yorker, was chosen by NYU as this century's second best piece of reporting journalism ever; and, at the same time, in a UN-sponsored convention on biodiversity held at Cartagena, Colombia, the US delegation bombarded the possibility of a protocol being even drafted that would impose limitations on the worldwide spread of transgenics, the '90's best friend & companion to the pesticides the, alas, late (she passed away in 1964) Ms. Carson denounced. It only goes to show how hard the environment-aware movements still have to keep on struggling, and how powerful are the forces of death. And that's only the tip of the iceberg: read up on the proposed Multinational Investment Agreement, it will knock your socks off. But the voices Ms. Carson helped raise won't be hushed. Couple o' days ago, Monsanto (co-developer, together with the US Department of Agriculture, of the "terminator" gene read up on that one, too), withdrew their request for their transgenic soy to be produced in a commercial scale down here in Brazil. That's one we won, for the time being at least, but don't let it fool you. It is, perhaps more than ever, an uphill battle but keep on pushing -, and one that owes much to Rachel Carson's foresight and courage.
 Go Rachel! March 5, 1999
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Thank you so so much, Ms. Carson! It is you who began the movement to clean our air and water. Any evaluation different from that is ignorance. Ignoring the argument that "the Earth's ecosystem is not fragile," something said only by the most ignorant, we are still in dire need of reform to use of chemicals. Biocides ("pesticides") are still killing our world.
Another title could have been "Man's Arrogance" December 18, 1998
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has been justly acclaimed for 35 years. It is a primer for environmental awareness, and finer words than these have been written in praise of this book. But there are two things I have noticed in this book that I have not seen mentioned. One is the implied conclusion we have to make about the condition of man, and his folly. His often ignorant and worse, arrogant manner of interacting with nature and other men. The often less than honorable relationship between the federal government and big business, without whom these lessons hard learned on the hazards of insecticides would probably not have been necessary. What impressed me so was the way that people continued to use these harmful products after obvious hazard to themselves and nature by being convinced by the government that it was safe to do so. They were so trusting and so wrong. Their belief that they could alter nature to suit their needs indefinitely speaks of their ignorance. The other point I would like to make is that I found Ms. Carson's prose to be nearly as delightful as poetry. Her writing style is beautiful, refined, and yet her intellect and strength of character shine through. While the topic of this book is profoundly disturbing, Ms. Carson's writing made it curiously pleasant. It is easy to read, and still a relevant topic after so many years. I will be anxious to read the follow-up books on this subject.
Great book that opens your heart and mind to the environment December 9, 1998
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Rachel Carson opens your mind and heart to the misuse of chemicals and how it effects everyone and everything. This book is truly a treasure that everyone should read, not just people concerned with the environment. Very similar to Silent Spring is Don Hutchins', Walking by day, which outlines problems with the environment and how these issues are handled.
It is obvious why this book was such a wake-up call! July 12, 1998
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
When Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring" in 1962, her goal was to make everyone aware of what the toxic substance DDT was doing to the delicate ecosystems in North America, most notable its role in the destruction of bird populations. After reading "Silent Spring", one can see why the book was a turning point in the movement of environmentalism.Rachel Carson did a massive amount of research to study the effects that pesticides like DDT had on the environment. Her chapters are filled with highly-documented scientific facts, but they also possess a poignant element which helped stir the nation into doing something about it in the late sixties-early seventies after the book's release. Al Gore's introduction eloquently details the sentiments and actions that this book prompted and it compliments the text very well. This book is high on my list of recommendations.
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