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Astrophysics Carson, Rachel 1907-1964 Environmentalists United States Biography Naturalists United States Biography Outer space Pesticides Environmental aspects Pesticides Environmental aspects United States History Science writers United States Biography Solar system Steinbeck, John 1902-1968Souder, William
Summary: Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARSON, RACHEL SOUSouder, William
Summary: In the tradition of "The Hot Zone" comes an explosive investigation into a global catastrophe in the making. moving from America's swamps and wetlands to laboratories and government back rooms, Souder dramatically reveals the warning implicit in an outbreak of mutated frogs, explaining the importance of the amphibians to our fragile ecosystems and suggesting what their possible extinction means...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.89 SOUSouder, William
Summary: "A biography of one of America's most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck. This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEINBECK, JOHN SOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B STEINBECK SOUSummary: Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACSouter, Gillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Off the Shelf Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.723 SOUSouter, Gillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Trade Paperbacks 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 SouterSouter, Gillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 SouterScudder, Jillian
Summary: Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icon Books 2022