The Marriage of Science and Art in Carson’s Silent Spring
As an environmentalist, living in the 21st Century, I have come across the idea of connectedness time and time again. I have come to understand how the universe is a whole, and made of countless components. Rachel Carson played a large role in the environmental movement, and she carried this out with the use of her poetic, yet scientifically accurate account of how humans have caused significant damage to their environment, specifically through the use of pesticides.