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Daily Archives: November 23, 2010

The Population Bomb v1.0

Textbook HistoryBy Ronald LadouceurNovember 23, 20103 Comments

November 23, 2010 I’m planning to write a longer piece over the next few days on the transition in biology textbook from a narrative that climaxed with the creeping danger of eugenic decay to one that warned of the imminent cataclysm of a “population bomb.” Many of you are no doubt familiar with Paul Ehrlich’s…

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