Rachel Carson is often credited as one of the most prominent figures of the modern environmental movement. Most people and educators involved with teaching environmental education understand the popular influence of her seminal book Silent Spring which brought public attention to concepts of biomagnification and the unknown and unintended harms of widespread chemical use in society. Indeed, it is arguable that Rachel Carson could be considered the mother the modern environmental movement as well as one of the foundational keystones behind public environmental education. Many people, however, do not know that Silent Spring is only one of five books that she wrote throughout the course of her life, with her first three books focusing on topics relating to the oceans and marine systems. Under the Sea Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951) and The Edge of The Sea (1955).
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