Biography of Rachel Carson Rachel Carson is considered one of America's finest science and nature writers. She is best known for her 1962 book, Silent Spring, which is often credited with beginning the environmental movement in the United States. The book focussed on the uncontrolled and often indiscriminate use of pesticides, especially dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (commonly known as DDT), and the irreparable environmental damage caused by these chemicals. The public outcry Carson generated…

Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale Pennsylvania.1 As a young child, Carson had already exhibited signs of great intelligence and a deep adoration of the ocean and nature. She made the decision to pursue her lifelong love of the ocean and became a Marine Biology student at the Pennsylvania College for Women, where she graduated in 1929. But it was not until the 1940’s when Carson was working as a scientist and editor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Fisheries Bureau…

many marine flora and fauna as well as the potential ecosystem services that could have been provided. In the last 50 years, there have been changes in human attitudes towards the environment and a marker for this is the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. This marked the beginning of the birthplace of environmental law that shapes the marine law of today. Carlson’s book changed the way people thought about the environment and their impacts on the environment. This is further highlighted by the…

“Those who dwell as scientist or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” – Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was born May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. In 1929 Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women where she studied marine biology. In 1932 she received a master’s degree in zoology from Johns Hopkins University. She worked for the Bureau of Fisheries to writing radio scripts and she wrote articles on natural history for the Baltimore…

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with scientific advancements to create larger crops, more appealing food items and the promise of cleaner environments. Yet until recent years and the noticeable focus on organic and natural foods, very few have questioned these advancements. Rachel Carson was one of the people who had the courage and determination to stand up and question just how healthy these new advancements truly were for living creatures. Mrs. Carson’s effort to bring these things to light in her most well-known book, Silver…

either as a positive or negative experience. Most of these shorts journals are looking at nature for not only for what it is, but what it offers, for example in the short “The Marginal World written by Rachel Carson she portrays “"The Shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water. Yet it is a world that keeps alive the sense of continuing creation and of the relentless drive for life. Each time that I enter it, I…

The Life of Rachel Carson The American Marine Biologist, Rachel Carson, greatly impacted the world, both locally and globally. Rachel Carson was an extraordinary person with significant passion in trying to improve and advance the world. Rachel Louise Carson was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1907. Carson was one of those children who kept to herself and explored on her own. She grew up on a farm with her mother, Maria Frazier, father, Robert Warden, and 2 older siblings, Marion Williams…

The dominant theme of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is the powerful and detrimental impact humans have on the natural world. Carson 's main argument is that pesticides have harmful effects on the environment and lead to a loss of biodiversity and quality of life. Carson uses the pesticide DDT throughout the book as she examines the effects of pesticides throughout the United States. Though the majority of the book is focused on the effects of pesticides on our ecosystem processes, she also touches…

Silent Spring Book Review Silent Spring is a startling book concentrated on the perils of chemical pesticides. Nevertheless it is also a powerful story focused on the natural world. In the first chapter: “A Fable for Tomorrow,” Carson gives a picture of a vibrant town, in which everything of the natural world, including humans and wildlife, live together in harmony. There is an abundance of life in the town and everything flourished. Out of the blue, something inexplicable strikes and the cheerful…