"I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life — past, present, and future. "
American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist Rachel Carson was born
#OTD in 1907.
Carson wrote only four books published during her lifetime which were "best-sellers": "Under the Sea-Wind" (1941); "The Sea Around Us" (1951); "The Edge of the Sea" (1955); "Silent Spring" (1962). A fifth book The Sense of Wonder (1965) was published posthumously.
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