- Carson1, Rachel (Louise) (1907-64), American zoologist, a pioneer ecologist and popularizer of science. She is noted especially for The Sea Around Us (1951) and Silent Spring (1963), an attack on the indiscriminate use of pesticides.卡森, 雷切尔（·路易丝）（1907-1964, 美国动物学家、生态学先驱、科学普及者, 尤因《围绕我们的海洋》[1951]和抨击滥用杀虫剂的著作《寂静的春天》[1963]而闻名）。