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Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

Naissance 27 mai 1907 · Décès 1964

La biologiste Rachel Louise Carson a commencé sa carrière au sein du U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, avant d'accéder à la notoriété et d'exercer une influence majeure sur la société grâce à la publication d'ouvrages à grand succès tels que The Sea Around Us (1951) et Silent Spring (1962). (Source.)

Citations

  • “There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life-we are never bored. We can't be. There is always something new to be investigated. Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one...”
    SpeechEn anglais
  • “There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, in the ebb and flow of the tides; in the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in these repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
    SpeechEn anglais
  • “The sediments are a sort of epic poem of the earth.”
    The Sea Around Us, Chapter 6En anglais
  • “Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called "insecticides," but "biocides."”
    Silent SpringEn anglais
  • “We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history of the earth, and of how life came to be.”
    p. 96En anglais

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Les livres de Rachel Carson dans l'ordre

Les livres de Rachel Carson dans l'ordre de parution, de Under the Sea-wind (1941) à Man's War Against Nature (2021).

  1. 1Under the Sea-windUnder the Sea-wind1941
  2. 2Food from Home WatersFood from Home Waters1943
  3. 3Fish and Shellfish of the South Atlantic and Gulf CoastsFish and Shellfish of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts1944
  4. 4Fish and Shellfish of the Middle Atlantic CoastFish and Shellfish of the Middle Atlantic Coast1945
  5. 5Chincoteague, a National Wildlife RefugeChincoteague, a National Wildlife Refuge1947
  6. 6Mattamuskeet, a National Wildlife RefugeMattamuskeet, a National Wildlife Refuge1947
  7. 7Parker River: A National Wildlife RefugeParker River: A National Wildlife Refuge1947
  8. 8Guarding Our Wildlife ResourcesGuarding Our Wildlife Resources1948
  9. 9Cette mer qui nous entoureCette mer qui nous entoure1951
  10. 10The Edge of the SeaThe Edge of the Sea1955
  11. 11Help Your Child to WonderHelp Your Child to Wonder1956
  12. 12Of Man and the Stream of TimeOf Man and the Stream of Time1962
  13. 13Printemps SilencieuxPrintemps Silencieux1962
  14. 14Rachel Carson the Sense of WonderRachel Carson the Sense of Wonder1965
  15. 15The Sense of WonderThe Sense of Wonder1965
  16. 16Rachel Carson : The Sea TrilogyRachel Carson : The Sea Trilogy1968
  17. 17Since Silent SpringSince Silent Spring1970
  18. 18The Rocky CoastThe Rocky Coast1971
  19. 19Always, RachelAlways, Rachel1994
  20. 20Lost WoodsLost Woods1998
  21. 21Silent Spring & Other Writings on the EnvironmentSilent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment2018
  22. 22El sentido del asombroEl sentido del asombro2021
  23. 23Man's War Against NatureMan's War Against Nature2021

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