Editing Silent Spring (section)

===Legacy===
''Silent Spring'' has been featured in many lists of the best nonfiction books of the twentieth century. It was fifth in the [[Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Nonfiction]] and number 78 in the ''[[National Review]]''{{'s}} 100 best non-fiction books of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-05-03 |title=The Non-Fiction 100 |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/1999/05/non-fiction-100/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2006, ''Silent Spring'' was named one of the 25 greatest science books of all time by the editors of ''[[Discover Magazine]]''.<ref name="discovermagazine.com"/> In 2012, the American Chemical Society designated the legacy of ''Silent Spring'' a [https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html National Historic Chemical Landmark] at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Historic Chemical Landmarks – American Chemical Society |url=http://www.acs.org/landmarks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907083641/http://www.acs.org/landmarks |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |access-date=2016-08-24 |website=American Chemical Society}}</ref>

In 1996, a follow-up book, ''Beyond Silent Spring'', co-written by H.&nbsp;F. van Emden and [[David Peakall]], was published.<ref name="Chapman & Hall">{{cite book |title=Beyond silent spring: integrated pest management and chemical safety |publisher=Chapman & Hall |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-412-72810-5 |editor1=Peakall, David B. |location=London |editor2=Van Emden, Helmut Fritz}}</ref><ref name="Richards H 269–270">{{cite journal |author=Richards |first=H. |date=September 1999 |title=Beyond Silent Spring: Integrated Pest Management and Chemical Safety. Edited by H.F. van Emden and D.B. Peakall |journal=Integrated Pest Management Reviews |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=269–270 |doi=10.1023/A:1009686508200 |s2cid=83433090}}</ref>

In 1967, [[George Newson]] composed the tape composition ''Silent Spring'' using birdsong recorded at [[London Zoo]] as source material. It was premiered at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in January 1968.<ref>[https://www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/arts/meeting-the-old-master/ Gareth Stevens. 'Meeting the Old Master', ''Hastings Independent'', 25 March, 2022]</ref>

''Silent Spring'' is mentioned in the 2008 science fiction novel ''[[The Three-Body Problem (novel)|The Three-Body Problem]]'' by [[Liu Cixin]], as well as its [[Three-Body|Tencent 2023]] and [[3 Body Problem (TV series)|Netflix 2024 television series]] adaptations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Is the book Silent Spring, as seen in 3 Body Problem, real? |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a60275117/netflix-3-body-problem-silent-spring/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]}}</ref>

In 2011, the American composer [[Steven Stucky]] wrote the eponymously titled [[symphonic poem]] [[Silent Spring (composition)|''Silent Spring'']] to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication. The piece was given its world premiere in [[Pittsburgh]] on February 17, 2012, with the [[Conducting|conductor]] [[Manfred Honeck]] leading the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |title=PSO takes hard look at turmoil, both environmental and human |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=February 18, 2012 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/music-reviews/2012/02/18/PSO-takes-hard-look-at-turmoil-both-environmental-and-human/stories/201202180463 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083632/http://www.post-gazette.com/music-reviews/2012/02/18/PSO-takes-hard-look-at-turmoil-both-environmental-and-human/stories/201202180463 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kanny |first=Mark |title=Offerings of 'Silent Spring', venerated material excel |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=February 18, 2012 |url=http://triblive.com//x/pittsburghtrib/ae/music/s_782327.html#axzz3ZoO1ke3V |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090430/http://triblive.com//x/pittsburghtrib/ae/music/s_782327.html#axzz3ZoO1ke3V |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |title=Capping Off Prokofiev With 'New York, New York' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 27, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/music/pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-at-avery-fisher-hall.html |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519024239/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/music/pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-at-avery-fisher-hall.html |archive-date=May 19, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Naturalist [[David Attenborough]] has stated that ''Silent Spring'' was probably the book that had changed the scientific world the most, after the ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' by [[Charles Darwin]].<ref name="BI2014">{{cite web | last=Thomsen | first=Simon | title=Sir David Attenborough Did A Reddit Q&A: Worst Thing He's Seen? Chimps Killing Monkeys | website=Business Insider Australia | date=2014-01-09 | url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/sir-david-attenborough-did-a-qa-on-reddit-worst-thing-hes-ever-seen-is-chimps-killing-monkeys-2014-1 | access-date=2016-03-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110225/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/sir-david-attenborough-did-a-qa-on-reddit-worst-thing-hes-ever-seen-is-chimps-killing-monkeys-2014-1 | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Sonic Flower Groove]], is the debut studio album by Scottish rock band [[Primal Scream]], it was released on 5 October 1987, features a song titled '''Silent Spring''<nowiki/>'. The lead singer [[Bobby Gillespie]] in his book ''Tenement kid'' published late 2021, mentions how he dedicated the songs title after the Book.