Many women made pioneering scientific breakthroughs over the past centuries. Learn about famous women scientists who have changed our understanding of the world.
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Vor 5 Tagen · Carson was a biologist and science writer who earned a master’s degree in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1932. Following the success of her second book, The Sea Around Us (1951), she quit her job with the Bureau of Fisheries in 1952 to concentrate on her writing career.
6. Mai 2024 · This definitive, long-overdue biography shows how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a reluctant reformer. It is a compelling portrait of the determined woman behind the publicly shy but brilliant scientist and writer.
4. Mai 2024 · Known For. Rachel Carson once said, "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." An outdoorswoman and ecologist, she has been called the mother of the modern environmental movement. Her writings about nature and the environment have inspired ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Rachel CarsonScienceRachel Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist. Born in 1907, Carson's book "Silent Spring," published in 1962, broug...
Vor 4 Tagen · Even as she was dying of cancer, Rachel Carson remained determined to spread the word about the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide use: she would be a witness for nature, which could not speak for itself. In this definitive biography of Carson, author Linda Lear captures a portrait of a woman whose fierce determinatio
6. Mai 2024 · Carsons Buch gab letztlich den Anstoß, um das Pestizid DDT zu verbieten. Wo wir bei Rachel Carson sind, warum wurde gerade sie eine ihrer Volcanoes? Rachel Carson war quasi die Greta Thunberg ...
10. Mai 2024 · This was the girl who one day would become the groundbreaking author of Silent Spring. In this engaging biography, now updated, young readers will experience the enchantment of nature as seen through the eyes of the budding naturalist, while learning about her childhood, her accomplishments, and her passion for nature.
