<Tr> <Th> Subject </Th> <Td> Marine biology, ecology, pesticides </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable works </Th> <Td> The Sea Around Us (1951) The Edge of the Sea (1955) Silent Spring (1962) </Td> </Tr> <P> Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907--April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement . </P> <P> 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 . Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the reissued version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers . This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths . </P>

Who wrote the book 'silent spring ' inspiring a new environmental movement