Praises for 'Silent Spring'

“I recommend SILENT SPRING above all other books.” --- N. J. Berrill author of MAN’S EMERGING MIND

"Certain to be history-making in its influence upon thought and public policy all over the world." --Book-of-the-Month Club News

"Miss Carson is a scientist and is not given to tossing serious charges around carelessly. When she warns us, as she does with such a profound sense of urgency, we ought to take heed. SILENT SPRING may well be one of the great and lowering books of our time. This book is must reading for every responsible citizen." --Chicago Daily

"Miss Carson's cry of warning is timely. If our species cannot police itself against overpopulation, nuclear weapons and pollution, it may become extinct." --The New York Times

"A great woman has awakened the Nation by her forceful account of the dangers around us. We owe much to Rachel Carson." --Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior "It is high time for people to know about these rapid changes in their environment, and to take an effective part in the battle that may shape the future of all life on earth." -The New York Times Book Review

"It should come as no surprise that the gifted author of THE SEA AROUN US can take another branch of science ... and bring it so sharply into focus that any intelligent layman can understand what she is talking about. Understand, yes, and shudder, for she has drawn a living portrait of what is happening to this balance of nature as decreed in the science of life --- and what man is doing (and has done) to destroy it and create a science of death." -Virginia Kirkus Bulletin