“这是一本改变了世界的书”是常被人引用的陈词滥调,但难说事实确实如此。就在51年前,一本深刻地改变我们审视地球以及我们在地球上所处地位的书的确出现了,那就是蕾切尔·卡森的《寂静的春天》。这本书激愤地讲述了新一代化学杀虫剂如何涂炭了美国的野生动物,从而开启了现代环保运动:它唤醒了大众的意识,即作为人类, “This book is a book that has changed the world.” It is a cliché that has often been quoted, but it is hard to tell the truth. Just 51 years ago, a book that profoundly changed the way we looked at Earth and where we stand on Earth did indeed emerge as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. The book angrily telling the story of how a new generation of chemical pesticides painted American wild animals opened up the modern environmental movement: it awakens public awareness that as human beings,