Silent Spring 1994

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1、SilentSpringTHEEXPLOSIVEBESTSELLERTHEWHOLEWORLDISTALKINGABOUTRACHELCARSONAuthorofTHESEAAROUNDUSSILENTSPRING,winnerof8awards*,isthehistorymakingbestsellerthatstunnedtheworldwithitsterrifyingrevelationaboutourcontaminatedplanet.Noscience-fictionnightmareca

2、nequalthepowerofthisauthenticandchillingportraitoftheun-seendestroyerswhichhavealreadybeguntochangetheshapeoflifeasweknowit.“SilentSpringisadevastatingattackonhumancarelessness,greedandirresponsibility.ItshouldbereadbyeveryAmericanwhodoesnotwantittobethe

3、epitaphofaworldnotveryfarbeyondusintime.”---SaturdayReview*AwardsreceivedbyRachelCarsonforSILENTSPRING:•TheSchweitzerMedal(AnimalWelfareInstitute)•TheConstanceLindsaySkinnerAchievementAwardformeritintherealmofbooks(Women’sNationalBookAssociation)•Awardfo

4、rDistinguishedService(NewEnglandOutdoorWritersAssociation)•ConservationAwardfor1962(RodandGunEditorsofMetropolitanManhattan)•ConservationistoftheYear(NationalWildlifeFederation)•1963AchievementAward(AlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicine---Women’sDivision)•Annu

5、alFoundersAward(IsaakWaltonLeague)•Citation(InternationalandU.S.CouncilsofWomen)SilentSpring(ByRachelCarson)•“IrecommendSILENTSPRINGaboveallotherbooks.”---N.J.BerrillauthorofMAN’SEMERGINGMIND•"Certaintobehistory-makinginitsinfluenceuponthoughtandpublicpo

6、licyallovertheworld."--Book-of-the-MonthClubNews•"MissCarsonisascientistandisnotgiventotossingseriouschargesaroundcarelessly.Whenshewarnsus,asshedoeswithsuchaprofoundsenseofurgency,weoughttotakeheed.SILENTSPRINGmaywellbeoneofthegreatandloweringbooksofour

7、time.Thisbookismustreadingforeveryresponsiblecitizen."--ChicagoDaily•"MissCarson'scryofwarningistimely.Ifourspeciescannotpoliceitselfagainstoverpopulation,nuclearweaponsandpollution,itmaybecomeextinct."--TheNewYorkTimes•"AgreatwomanhasawakenedtheNationby

8、herforcefulaccountofthedangersaroundus.WeowemuchtoRachelCarson."--StewartL.Udall,SecretaryoftheInterior•"Itishightimeforpeopletoknowabouttheserapidchangesintheirenvironment,andtotakeaneffectivepartinthebattlethatmayshapeth