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Science Writing and New Media: Writing and the Environment

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21W.036
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2022English
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Environmentalists have traditionally relied upon the power of their prose to transform the thoughts and behavior of their contemporaries. In 1963, Rachel Carson, a marine biologist with a penchant for writing, described a world without wildlife in Silent Spring and altered the way Americans understood their impact on the landscape.

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