Rachel Carson A Literary Companion

 
Rachel Carson A Literary Companion
Mary Ellen Snodgrass, "Rachel Carson: A Literary Companion "
English | ISBN: 1476683123 | 2021 | 341 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism. One of her most popular works was Silent Spring, which challenged the use of DDT (an insecticide infamous for its negative environmental effects) and questioned the claims of modern industry. Carson also wrote essays, reviews, articles, and more to educate the public about the impacts of chemical pollutants on both the environment and the human body. This literary companion provides readers with Carson's key messages via an A-to-Z index of topics discussed in her works including carcinogens, endangered species, and radioactivity.


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Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments (74)

 
Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments (74)
Rowena Rae, "Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids: Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments (74) "
English | ISBN: 0897339339 | 2020 | 144 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Rachel Carson was an American biologist, conservationist, science and nature writer, and catalyst of the modern environmental movement. She studied biology in college at a time when few women entered the sciences, and then worked as a biologist and information specialist for the US government and wrote about the natural world for many publications. Carson is best remembered for her book Silent Spring, which exposed the widespread misuse of chemical pesticides in the United States and sparked both praise and fury.


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