Silent Spring Rachel Carson - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Hitchen - VGC

Silent Spring Rachel Carson - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Hitchen - VGC

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Silent Spring Rachel Carson - Science - Folio Society 2000 1st ed. Hitchen - VGC
Folio Society
Science & Nature

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

£23.99
Edition year 2000
Printing year 2000
First edition Yes
Binding Paper
Illustrator Jonathan Hitchen
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 317
Dimensions 22.8 × 14.7 cm
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. Faint fading to the slipcase entrance.

Edition details

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Introduced by Peter Matthiessen. 7 colour illustrations by Jonathan Hitchen. Bound in white plasticised paper printed with a colour design. 317pp. 22.8x14.7cm.

About the book

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is a landmark work of environmental writing examining the effects of pesticides on wildlife and ecosystems. Carson focuses particularly on chemicals such as DDT, showing how they accumulate through food chains and damage birds and other species. The book helped transform public awareness of environmental pollution and became highly influential in the modern conservation movement. Carson explains how chemicals can spread through ecosystems, damaging wildlife and potentially threatening human health. Combining scientific evidence with powerful prose, the book transformed public debate about environmental protection and became one of the most influential works in the modern conservation movement.

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