Silent Spring

图书标准信息

• 作者 Rachel Carson 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2000-09
• ISBN 9780141184944
• 定价 112.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Modern Classics

【内容简介】

Nowrecognizedasoneofthemostinfluentialbooksofthetwentiethcentury,"SilentSpring"exposedthedestructionofwildlifethroughthewidespreaduseofpesticides.Despitecondemnationinthepressandheavy-handedattemptsbythechemicalindustrytobanthebook,RachelCarsonsucceededincreatinganewpublicawarenessoftheenvironmentwhichledtochangesingovernmentandinspiredtheecologicalmovement.

【作者简介】

RachelCarson(1907-64)wantedtobeawriterforaslongasshecouldremember.Herfirstbook,UndertheSeaWind,appearedin1941.SilentSpring,whichalertedtheworldtothedangersofthemisuseofpesticides,waspublishedin1962.Carson'sarticlesonnaturalhistoryappearedintheAtlanticMonthly,theNewYorker,Reader'sDigestandHoliday.Anardentecologistandpreservationist,Carsonwarnedagainstthedumpingofatomicwasteatseaandpredictedglobalwarming.TheEdgeoftheSea,whichcompletedherbiographyofthesea,isalsopublishedinPenguinTwentieth-CenturyClassics.RachelCarsondiedofcancerattheageof56.