the book "The Population Bomb"

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"The Population Bomb" is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that famously warned of imminent global overpopulation crises and helped spark widespread debate about population growth and environmental limits.

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Generate an image of the book "The Population Bomb" ("The Population Bomb" is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that famously warned of imminent global overpopulation crises and helped spark widespread debate about population growth and environmental limits.)

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instanceOf book ⓘ
author Paul R. Ehrlich ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedFor advocacy of coercive population control ⓘ
alarmist tone ⓘ
inaccurate predictions ⓘ
underestimating technological change in agriculture ⓘ
genre environmental literature ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
popular science ⓘ
hasCentralClaim unchecked population growth will outstrip food production and resources ⓘ
urgent action is needed to curb population growth ⓘ
hasPerspective neo-Malthusian ⓘ
impactOn academic debates on population and resources ⓘ
environmental policy discourse ⓘ
public awareness of population issues ⓘ
influenced debates on carrying capacity ⓘ
environmental movement ⓘ
population control advocacy ⓘ
public policy debates on population ⓘ
influencedBy Thomas Malthus ⓘ
neo-Malthusian ideas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject birth control ⓘ
demography ⓘ
environmental limits ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
family planning ⓘ
famine ⓘ
overpopulation ⓘ
population growth ⓘ
resource scarcity ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor influencing environmental debate in the late 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
popularizing concerns about population growth ⓘ
sparking controversy over population control policies ⓘ
warning of imminent global overpopulation crises ⓘ
proposes government intervention in fertility rates ⓘ
strong population control measures ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Ballantine Books ⓘ
relatedWork Malthusian theory of population ⓘ
The Limits to Growth ⓘ
linked to: Club of Rome
timePeriodDiscussed late 20th century ⓘ
warnsAbout ecological collapse ⓘ
mass starvation ⓘ
resource depletion ⓘ

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The Population Explosion → follows → The Population Bomb ⓘ
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The Stork and the Plow → relatedWork → The Population Bomb ⓘ
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