El sentido del asombro

Por Rachel Carson

"Para mantener vivo en un niño su innato sentido del asombro, se necesita la compañía de al menos un adulto con quien poder compartirlo, redescubriendo con él la alegría, la expectación y el misterio del mundo en que vivimos".

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) es universalmente considerada la inspiradora del ecologismo moderno, gracias a su libro La Primavera Silenciosa, en el que denunció el uso indiscriminado del DDT señalando sus dañinas consecuencias para la salud pública y la Naturaleza. El sentido del asombro es probablemente su obra más trascendente y desconocida. Pues más allá de revelar en su vida las agresiones a la naturaleza, su principal legado fue enseñarnos que no hay mejor manera de preservarla que experimentar su grandeza.

Este pequeño clásico, traducido por primera vez al español, es un antídoto refrescante contra la indiferencia y una guía para captar la fuerza de los descubrimientos sencillos que Carson consideraba esencial para vivir.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Ediciones Encuentro
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 jul 2012
• ISBN: 9788499207698

Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson (1907–1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.

Comentarios para El sentido del asombro

[jimmaclachlan · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This is written to/about her nephew & the sense of wonder she enjoyed with him exploring nature when he was a child. According to the forward, she intended to expand on it, but I'm glad she didn't. She repeated herself a bit as it was. Excellent advice on introducing a child to nature, though. Something every adult who guides a child should read.

[billsearth · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This book, or rather the text from Carson within it, is a well organized summary of how to introduce very young people to the natural world so that they will be interested in it. Once interested, they will continue to the nest step, learning the details, mechanisms and species and behaviors of its components, and the interdependency and value of the natural communities to both themselves and to people.

[eduscapes · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

In 1956, Rachel Carson published an essay titled "Help Your Child Wonder." More than 50 years later this article is even more timely. Focusing on the important role that adults have in the lives of young children, the book combines the original article with new photographs. Carson relates experiences with her three-year old nephew to illustrate the need to help young people develop a passion for learning through inquiry, senses, and exploration of nature. This is a wonderful companion to Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.

[klburnside · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

The Sense of Wonder is an essay by Rachel Carson encouraging adults to help kids maintain their sense of wonder and curiosity about the natural world as they grow into adults. She recounts some adventures she has outdoors exploring with her young nephew, the questions he asks, the things they observe, and the things they try to understand. In the edition I read, the essay was accompanied by photographs (from the 60s) of the natural world.I absolutely loved this book. Carson is an incredible writer and really captures her ideas well. I liked the idea that it isn’t really necessary to teach kids things about nature, what is more important is to encourage curiosity, reverence, and awe, and knowledge will naturally follow. A few quotes I really liked, although I feel like I could practically quote the whole essay:“It is possible to compile extensive lists of creatures seen and identified without ever once having caught a breath-taking glimpse of the wonder of life. If a child asked me a question that suggested even a faint awareness of the mystery behind the arrival of a migrant sandpiper on the beach of an August morning, I would be far more pleased than by the mere fact that he knew it was a sandpiper and not a plover.”“What is the value of preserving and strengthening this sense of awe and wonder, this recognition of something beyond the boundaries of human existence? Is the exploration of the natural world just a pleasant way to pass the golden hours of childhood or is there something deeper? I am sure there is something much deeper, something lasting and significant. Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living. Those who contemplate the beauty of earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”