Rachel Carson, sensitive and perceptive interpreter of nature Authors Joandomènec Ros Institute for Catalan Studies Abstract On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring (1962), this well-deserved homage to its author is a particularly timely one. Rachel Carson was a talented writer, able to excellently convey the marvels of nature. But it was her disclosure, first to the American public and afterwards to the whole world, of the havoc wreaked on organisms, habitats, and human health by the indiscriminate spraying of DDT and other biocides, by which she will always be remembered. Rachel Carson is credited, and justly so, as being one of the founder's of the environmentalist movement. What is less well known is that her claims were based on solid science and that she was highly knowledgeable about the ecology of species and ecosystems, both terrestrial and aquatic. Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012) Section Focus License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
