Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring": Silent Spring

This virtual exhibition presents the global reception and impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as well as the book’s legacy in popular culture, music, literature, and the arts.

Fifty years after the publication of the book that laid the foundations for the environmental movement, what have we learned from the biologist who saw the need for science to work with nature? (Robin McKie; The Guardian; May 26, 2012)

(Eliza Griswold; The New York Times; September 21, 2012)

(Nancy B. Jackson; Pttsburgh Post-Gazette; October 23, 2012)

(Stephen Kress; Huffington Post; May 24, 2013)