Silent Spring now an Amazon bestseller thanks to 3 Body Problem

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Netflix’s epic sci-fi drama 3 Body Problem has brought newfound fame to a 62-year-old book about environmental science — one that’s now an Amazon bestseller thanks to being featured prominently in the new series. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, is an environmental science book first published in 1962 that documents the harm caused by certain pesticides used by soldiers during World War II and which also led to changes in the laws that affect natural resources. One of the book’s themes is that the use of such chemicals is not consequence-free — and that “in nature,” Carson writes about Earth’s...