tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post7146214881679886140..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-58249252308985968532017-02-20T13:33:42.311-06:002017-02-20T13:33:42.311-06:00Excellent! We also need more READERS of Rachel Car...Excellent! We also need more READERS of Rachel Carson.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-89796792646477435742017-02-20T13:16:42.992-06:002017-02-20T13:16:42.992-06:00We do need more Rachel Carsons, as you said.
I ha...We do need more Rachel Carsons, as you said.<br /><br />I have never read this book. I have to put it on my TBR.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-90256331456755237162017-02-20T11:33:55.666-06:002017-02-20T11:33:55.666-06:00It is remarkable, I think, that her voice was hear...It is remarkable, I think, that her voice was heard and understood by millions and that she roused them to action. It is a tribute to her communication skills, her talent as a writer to explain things in terms that ordinary citizens could understand and relate to. We need more Rachel Carsons. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-25813166516503698822017-02-20T10:19:13.697-06:002017-02-20T10:19:13.697-06:00Great review. So important. I think you are absolu...Great review. So important. I think you are absolutely right about what she would think today. I am slowly reading my way through a biography of Robert Oppenheimer, called American Prometheus. Science is a double edged sword and Rachel Carson a voice crying in the wilderness, literally. Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com