The story of science fiction and society
Physics World
MAY 22, 2021
Rachel Carson ’s Silent Spring – the famous 1962 book on the devastating impact of pesticides like DDT – is credited with revitalizing the environmental movement. It also helped to accelerate the transition of science journalism from its former stance as largely uncritical cheerleader to something more like a “watchdog” of the fourth estate, as well as paving the way for the founding of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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