American · b. 1907
Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and writer whose landmark book Silent Spring helped launch the modern environmental movement.
Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and gifted nature writer whose lyrical books, including The Sea Around Us, brought the wonder of the natural world to a wide readership.
Her most consequential work, Silent Spring (1962), documented the devastating effects of synthetic pesticides such as DDT on ecosystems and human health, withstanding fierce attacks from the chemical industry. It galvanized public concern, contributed to the banning of DDT, and is widely credited with helping launch the modern environmental movement and the creation of the EPA.
Carson is honored as a founder of environmentalism, whose courage and clear, beautiful prose changed the world’s relationship with nature.
by Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson's National Book Award–winning portrait of the ocean. With scientific authority and lyrical grace, she tells the story of the sea — its origins, its tides and currents, its hidden depths and teeming life — in one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published.
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