Rachel Carson is one of my heroes, and I didn't even know about her until my PhD work. Scientist and communicator who cared so deeply that she did something about it.
Dr. Barb Mayes Boustead
Happy birthday to marine biologist & conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964)! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci After publishing the sea trilogy in the 40s & 50s, when she published Silent Spring in 1962 she captured the world’s attention to the risks to health & environment posed by pesticides & DDT in particular. 🧵
