Silent Spring

《Silent Spring》是20世紀最具影響力的書之一，被譽為環保運動的開端。生物學家Rachel Carson以清晰而具詩意的筆觸揭露化學農藥對生態與人類健康的威脅，尤其是DDT的廣泛使用所帶來的危害。1962年出版後，引發全球關注並推動環境法規的改革。新版收錄傳記作家Linda Lear的導言，回顧Carson在面對化學產業攻擊時，如何堅持真相與信念，為地球發聲。

亮點：
・改變世界環保意識的里程碑著作。
・以理性與文學兼具的筆調揭示生態危機。
・新版附導言，呈現作者堅毅精神與歷史意義。

One of the landmark books of the twentieth century, the searing classic that launched the environmental movement.

The classic that launched the environmental movement

Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcrythat followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. This is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.

The introduction, by the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear, tells the story of Carson’s courageous defense of her truths in the face of a ruthless assault form the chemical industry following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death.

RACHEL CARSON, 1907-1964, spent a good deal of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her first three books -- Under the Sea-Wind, The Sea Around Us, and The Edge of the Sea -- established her reputation as a first-rate writer on the natural world.