Paul R. Ehrlich
Author of The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds
About the Author
Paul Ehrlich, founder and first president of the Zero Population Growth organization, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a B.A. in zoology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1955 and 1957, respectively. He became a show more member of the faculty at Stanford University in 1959 and was named Bing Professor of Population Studies in 1976. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and in 1990 he was awarded Sweden's Crafoord Prize, created by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to honor researchers in those disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prize. An expert in population biology, ecology, evolution, and behavior, Ehrlich has published more than 600 articles and scientific papers. He is perhaps best known for his environmental classic The Population Bomb (1968). Paul Ehrlich and his wife Anne began working together shortly after their marriage in 1954. Anne Ehrlich received her B.S. in biology from the University of Kansas. As senior research associate in biology and associate director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, she has lectured widely and written on various environmental issues, including the environmental consequences of nuclear war. Together, the Ehrlichs have written six books and dozens of magazine articles. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Paul R. Ehrlich
The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds (1988) 474 copies
Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future (1996) 119 copies
Humanity on a Tightrope: Thoughts on Empathy, Family, and Big Changes for a Viable Future (2010) 21 copies
Environmental Security and the Environmental Costs of Preparing for war (Waging Peace series) 2 copies
Die nukleare Nacht. Die langfristigen klimatischen und biologischen Auswirkungen von Atomkriegen (1985) 2 copies
Befolkningsexplosionen 1 copy
China: Back from the Brink 1 copy
Teachers Manual. Population Resources Environment. Issues in Human Ecology. 2nd Edition. 1972 Ex-library Edition. 30… (1972) 1 copy
Should we worry about the extinction of other species (The Lindberg Lecture Series in Ecology) 1 copy
Brazil: Flight to the Cities 1 copy
India: Life on theE dge 1 copy
Hungary: A Static Society 1 copy
The Butterflies 1 copy
Stork And The Plow 1 copy
Associated Works
A Better Future for the Planet Earth Vol II: Lectures by the Winners of the Blue Planet Prize (1997-2001) (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies
Principles of Green Bioethics: Sustainability in Health Care (2019) — Foreword, some editions — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Ehrlich, Paul R.
- Legal name
- Ehrlich, Paul Ralph
- Birthdate
- 1932-05-29
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Stanford, California, USA - Education
- University of Kansas (PhD | 1957)
University of Pennsylvania (BA | 1953)
University of Kansas (MA | 1955) - Occupations
- entomologist
demographer
ecologist
lepidopterist
birder - Relationships
- Ehrlich, Anne H (wife)
- Organizations
- Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences (Bing Professor of Population Studies)
- Awards and honors
- Crafoord Prize (1990)
Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology (2009)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2012)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow) - Disambiguation notice
- This is the author page for Paul R. Ehrlich, the entomologist and population scientist. For Paul Ehrlich (no middle initial), the Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, please see this author page. Thank you.
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The population bomb by Paul R Ehrlich
A bestseller in the 1960s, it is an update on the Malthusian thesis of impending starvation. There have been technological improvements in food production since then, but more importantly the declining birth rate as average affluence rises (notably today in China) has reduced the rate of population rise. Good, but like so many bestsellers - simplistic.
½A much criticized book, but it showed us we have a problem. There are so many of us on the planet, and we are not caring very well for each other.
With the benefit of hindsight, most of this book fortunately has not come true. I'm reviewing it about 50 years after I read it.
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