# Rachel Carson
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Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award, recognition as a gifted writer, and financial security.
Episode 661: Your Life Needs More Awe
Rachel Carson wrote that those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
I have been thinking about that sentence a lot lately.
In this episode I explore what awe actually is, drawing on Dacher Keltner's definition: the feeling of being in the prese…
Tony Wirt and Silent Creek
Rochester author Tony Wirt joins us for a great conversation about fake towns on the South Central Minnesota I-90 corridor, Mayo Clinic connections, and why you can’t repurpose a Rachel Carson title for your contemporary thriller.
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Rachel Carson publishes "Silent Spring," one of the most important works of the 20th Century.
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