Scientist Quick Facts Name: Rachel CarsonBorn: May 27, 1902 — Pennsylvania, USADied: 1964 — Maryland, USAField: Biology / Environmental ScienceKnown For: Raising awareness about the dangers of pesticides through her book Silent SpringLegacy: Helped launch the modern environmental movement and influenced the creation of environmental protections Who Was Rachel Carson? […]

This is the story of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. A poor, but clever, Jewish girl that won the Nobel Prize.   In the 1950s, after the invention of the ,  became something that people were afraid of. But, in that same decade, a few scientists worked very hard to show that