David Pimentel is a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-0901. His Ph.D. is from Cornell University and had postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago, MIT, and fellowship at Oxford University (England). He was awarded a distinguished honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts. His research spans the fields of energy, population ecology, biological pest control, pesticides, sustainable agriculture, land and water conservation, livestock, and environmental policy. Pimentel has published more than 700 scientific papers and 37 books and has served on many national and government committees including the National Academy of Sciences; President's Science Advisory Council; U.S Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress; and the U.S. State Department. He is currently Editorial Advisor for BMC Ecology. In this article, he reflects on 50 years since the publication of Rachel Carson's influential book, Silent Spring.

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寂静的春天，雷切尔·卡森的书出版 50 周年。

David Pimentel 是康奈尔大学生态学和农业科学教授，伊萨卡，NY 14853-0901。他的博士学位 来自康奈尔大学，曾在芝加哥大学、麻省理工学院进行博士后研究，并在牛津大学（英国）获得奖学金。他被马萨诸塞大学授予了杰出的荣誉学位。他的研究涵盖能源、人口生态学、生物害虫防治、杀虫剂、可持续农业、水土保持、牲畜和环境政策等领域。Pimentel 发表了 700 多篇科学论文和 37 本书，并曾在包括美国国家科学院在内的许多国家和政府委员会任职；总统科学顾问委员会；美国农业部；美国能源部；美国卫生、教育和福利部；美国国会技术评估办公室；和美国国务院。他目前是 BMC Ecology 的编辑顾问。在这篇文章中，他回顾了雷切尔·卡森 (Rachel Carson) 颇具影响力的著作《寂静的春天》(Silent Spring) 出版 50 周年。