Category: History of Science

Refined by: (Author) Amanda Zimmerman

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Not So Silent Spring: Remembering Rachel Carson

April 17, 2024

Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964), pioneer in environmental awareness and protection, authored her landmark work, Silent Spring, in 1962. This Earth Day post remembers her legacy as an author who wrote to inspire wonder in her readers.

Posted in: 20th Century, American History, History of Science, Seasonal

The Sprout Incident of FDR and Lady Churchill

January 12, 2024

Posted by: Amanda Zimmerman

No vegetable splits opinion quite like the Brussels sprout, which caused a disagreement between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lady Clementine Churchill in the summer of 1944.

Posted in: 20th Century, American History, Botanicals, Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, History of Science

Refined by: (Author) Amanda Zimmerman