08/10/05 18:00:54
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In 1962 the book titled Silent Spring was published and caused a greater stir than anyone had ever imagined.
This important work on ecology made people aware of the dangers of chemical insecticides and changed the course of history.
The author of the book was Rachel Carson.
She was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1907.
The woods around her family’s home were the scene of long walks when she was a child, often with her mother, who was a gentle woman with a strong interest in nature and who remained her companion for must of her life.
Rachel entered Pennsylvania State College for Woman to become a writer.
Then, in her second year she took a required biology course.
All of her interest in the outdoors-----the woods, the sea, various living things, etc.-----came together in this subject.
She decided to study biology instead of writing and earned her degree in it in 1929.
After graduation she went on to Johns Hopkins University, where she studied genetics, and later to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.