Silent spring

Silent Spring was written by Rachel Carson, an author and a marine biologist who worked for the US Fish and WIldlife Service. The environmental science work was published in 1962, spurring the environmental conservation movement and helped the banning of DDT, calling attention to the widespread and excessive use of pesticides and chemicals that wrought havoc on the environment. This book raised awareness of how much damage humans and their technological advancements were causing in the natural world.