Silent Spring (Penguin Modern Classics)

《Silent Spring》被譽為20世紀最具影響力的著作之一。Rachel Carson以嚴謹的科學觀察揭露化學農藥對自然生態與人類健康的破壞，引發全球對環境保護的覺醒。儘管出版初期遭受化學工業的強烈攻擊與輿論抹黑，Carson仍以堅定信念喚起世人對生態平衡的重視。本書促成DDT等有害農藥的禁用，也奠定現代環保運動的基礎。本版收錄Lord Shackleton序、Julian Huxley前言與傳記作家Linda Lear後記，完整呈現此書的時代意義。

亮點：
・啟發全球環保意識的經典之作。
・揭示人類行為對生態的深遠影響。
・新增序與後記，重現Carson的堅毅與遠見。

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world.

This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear.