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The Population Bomb is a 1968 book co-authored by former Stanford University professor Paul R. Ehrlich and former Stanford senior researcher in conservation biology Anne H. Ehrlich. [1] [2] From the opening page, it predicted worldwide famines due to overpopulation , as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to ...
'The Population Bomb' made dire predictions—and triggered a wave of repression around the world ... As 1968 began, Paul Ehrlich was an entomologist at Stanford University, known to his peers for ...
Ehrlich and his wife, Anne H. Ehrlich, collaborated on the book, The Population Bomb, but the publisher insisted that a single author be credited; only Paul's name appears as an author. [23] Although Ehrlich was not the first to warn about population issues — concern had been widespread during the 1950s and 1960s — his charismatic and media ...
In 1968, the best-seller “The Population Bomb,” written by Paul and Anne Ehrlich (but credited solely to Paul) warned of the perils of overpopulation: mass starvation, societal upheaval, environmental deterioration. The book was criticized at the time for painting an overly dark picture of the future. But while not all of the Ehrlich’s dire predictions have come to pass, the world’s ...
The population bomb Bookreader Item Preview ... The population bomb by Ehrlich, Paul R. Publication date 1968 Topics Population Publisher New York, Ballantine Books
Paul Ehrlich in 2010. Paul R. Ehrlich, CC BY A Malthusian warning. Ehrlich drew on nearly 200 years of thinking inspired by British pastor and political economist Robert Thomas Malthus.
Author (s): Greg Dalton, Paul R. Ehrlich. “In 1968, the best-seller The Population Bomb, written by Paul and Anne Ehrlich (but credited solely to Paul) warned of the perils of overpopulation: mass starvation, societal upheaval, environmental deterioration. The book was criticized at the time for painting an overly dark picture of the future.
