New Takes on the classics. Throughout our centennial year, we’re revisiting notable works from the archive. Sign up to receive them directly in your inbox. Before Carson turned to writing books, she ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

In 1952, American biologist and writer Rachel Carson resigned from her government job and bought a cottage in Southport, Maine, where she began original research on tidal pool ecosystems. Six years ...

I’ve mentioned before that I live in Rachel Carson‘s old neighborhood and often hike in the Montgomery County, MD parks, where she spent time ruminating about the natural world. Given that I’m a ...

pt. I.A legacy of activism and advocacy -- One patriot / Terry Tempest Williams -- Rachel Carson's scientific and ocean legacies / Jane Lubchenco -- Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace : why public ...

Have you seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- Don't harm the people: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting ...

That was well understood by evolutionists early on, but it took a marine biologist and talented writer, Rachel Carson, to bring the pesticide problem to public attention and, incidentally, to launch ...

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