Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind, her first of many nature bo
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE AND BOOKPAGEFiguring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries—beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement.Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists—mostly women, mostly queer—whose public contribution have risen out of their unclassifiable and often heartbreaking private relationships to change the way we understand, experience, and appreciate the universe. Among them are the astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved the way for women in science; the sculptor Harriet Hosmer, who did the same in art; the journalist and literary critic Margaret Fuller, who sparked the feminist movement; and the poet Emily Dickinson.Emanating from these lives are la
Nature's Economy is a wide-ranging investigation of ecology's past, first published in 1994. It traces the origins of the concept, discusses the thinkers who have shaped it, and shows how it in turn has shaped the modern perception of our place in nature. Our view of the living world is a product of culture, and the development of ecology since the eighteenth century has closely reflected society's changing concerns. Donald Worster focuses on these dramatic shifts in outlook and on the individuals whose work has expressed and influenced society's point of view. The book includes portraits of Linnaeus, Gilbert White, Darwin, Thoreau, and such key twentieth-century ecologists as Rachel Carson, Frederic Clements, Aldo Leopold, James Lovelock, and Eugene Odum.
Scientist. Artist. Rule-breaker. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. In 1882, Marianne North
突破視野與想像，由鳥、鱟與人類共同建構的生物自然史失落與韌性、堅強與勇氣 鼓舞人心的故事★美國國家科學院最佳圖書(Best Book, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)★環境記者協會瑞秋卡森圖書獎(Rachel Carson Environment Book Award)★里德環境寫作獎(Winner of the Reed Environmental Writing Award)★麻州圖書獎指定必讀“瑞秋‧卡森(Rachel Carson)《寂靜的春天》之後的繼承者與遺產代表”――環境記者協會瑞秋卡森圖書獎評論◎飛翔數千英里的濱鳥和在海洋活了4億多年的鱟，牠們之間有著什麼令人稱奇的交集？◎體重僅140克左右的紅腹濱鷸，每年貫穿子午線長途飛行，能量從何而來？◎鱟以神奇的藍色血液保護了全人類健康？Covid疫苗也受惠於鱟？◎首探全球生物科技、藥品與醫療器械市場◎親歷第一線科學家與保育志工們的動人故事一部錯綜複雜、視野罕見的生物自然史。迷你的紅腹濱鷸如一只咖啡杯，每年會從地球極南的火地島飛到北極再返回，完成奇蹟般的3萬公里旅程。這場數百萬濱鳥的大遷徙需要的巨大能量，竟是來自一種已存活4億多萬年的古鱟。濱鳥與鱟令人稱奇的交集揭示了地球生物史的重要一環，連結起過去到未來，更與人類的健康福祉緊密相關。本書作者跟著鳥的飛行路徑與停棲之地，描繪鳥、鱟、人類這三個物種建構起的生態系如何交織纏繞；以及鱟和鳥正面臨巨大的生存危機，數量急劇下降。紅腹濱鷸是在1千多萬年前形成的物種，上一個冰河期演化出今天已知的六個不同支系，巨型動物滅絕後，紅腹濱鷸卻生存了下來。在歷史的某個時刻，紅腹濱鷸和另一種古老動物相遇了――鱟。鱟是地球歷史上五次生物大滅絕的倖存者，牠們曾在炎熱、酸性、富含二氧化碳的海洋中生活過，也曾在小行星撞地球時倖免於難。這種古老生物非常奇特，牠們的藍色血液是一種優異的細菌汙染測試劑，全球生技公司紛紛利用此生產鱟試劑，運用於疫苗以及各種藥物與器械。鱟有十隻眼睛，荷馬史詩中的獨眼巨人就是美洲鱟的學名，凱弗‧哈特賴(H.Keffer Hartline)曾以鱟進行視覺神經生理研究得到諾貝爾獎。人類出現後，鳥類和鱟的命運改變了。問題雖然層出不窮，我們仍看到許多了不起的人們，包括科學家、農民、原住民、獵人、郵
Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her awardwinning and controversial book, Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of man?s co
Explore the life and achievements of Rachel Carson. Photographs, a timeline, and easy-to-read text tell the story of this ground-breaking scientist who worked to protect the Earth.
Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humanki
