...influential in furthering that idea was Paul Ehrlich's bestselling book The Population Bomb, which begins, "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines — hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death." Many...

...Room Only. Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb (1968) sold over 3 million copies. 9 Ehrlich warned that "the battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions of people are going to starve in spite of any...

...supply, which could not keep up with a fast growing population, was seen as a cause of impending crisis. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines — hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death" —...

...Stanford University's Paul Ehrlich began his 1968 bestseller. The Population Bomb, with a prophecy: "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines— hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any...

...demographic growth, we will face rising poverty, mass starvation, perhaps even worldwide catastrophe. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines — hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite...

...out and fed them, but you were too busy reading a book.) The first words of Ehrlich's prologue are "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines — hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite...

...predicted multiple crises as populations increase. Writing in 1968 in 'The Population Bomb' he predicted 'The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines - hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death'. He goes...

...to quote Ehrlich's unfortunate 1968 bestseller, The Population Bmnb.1 It is always the same quote. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s and 1 980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked...

...instance, Paul Ehrlich opened his influential book The Population Bomb with the words "The battle. . .is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death." More recently, as India's population has surpassed 1 billion and the world population 6 billion, media...

...those scares was instigated by a professor named Paul Ehrlich in a 1988 book, Tlic Populatiott, Bomb. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famine — hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite...