It is strange to read Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” today, more than 50 years after its publication, in a handsome new edition from the Library of America.

Carson passed away from complications following breast cancer treatment in 1964, before she could witness the changes in U.S. environmental policy that Silent Spring helped to bring about.

Rachel L. Carson died on April 14, 1964, after her battle with cancer, in the same home where she wrote “Silent Spring” — in the low-slung home in Silver Spring not far from where I’m ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world.

Then in 1962, the book “Silent Spring,” by author and marine biologist Rachel Carson, used science to expose the “shadow of death” cast by DDT.

YORK, Maine — The York Art Association welcomes spring with its opening exhibit, “Silent Spring,” a show inspired by the season and honoring the legacy of environmentalist and author Rachel ...

Among the most seminal of these works is Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962. With its meticulous research and impassioned advocacy, ...