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100 1 _aCarson, Rachel
_q(Rachel Louise),
_d1907-1964
245 1 0 _aSilent spring /
_cRachel Carson ; introduction by Linda Lear ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson ; [drawings by Lois and Louis Darling].
250 _a40th anniversary ed., 1st Mariner Books ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin,
_c2002.
300 _axix, 378 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"A Mariner book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-355) and index.
505 _aContents Acknowledgments viii Introduction by Linda Lear x 1 a fable for tomorrow 1 2 the obligation to endure 5 3 elixirs of death 15 4 surface waters and underground seas 39 5 realms of the soil 53 6 earth’s green mantle 63 7 needless havoc 85 8 and no birds sing 103 9 rivers of death 129 10 indiscriminately from the skies 154 11 beyond the dreams of the borgias 173 12 the human price 187 13 through a narrow window 199 14 one in every four 219 15 nature fights back 245 16 the rumblings of an avalanche 262 17 the other road 277 List of Principal Sources 301 Afterword by Edward O. Wilson 357 Index 365
520 _aThis fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with new essays by the author and scientist Edward O. Wilson and biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in 1963, the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death.
650 0 _aPesticides
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aPesticides
_xToxicology.
650 0 _aPesticides and wildlife.
650 0 _aInsect pests
_xBiological control.
650 4 _aPlaguicidas
_xAspectos ambientales
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650 4 _aPlaguicidas
_xToxicología
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650 4 _aControl de insectos
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650 4 _aManejo de plaguicidas
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_aLear, Linda,
_d1940-
_eintroduccion
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_aWilson, Edward O.
_q(Edward Osborne),
_d1929-2021
_eprologuista
856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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