Stanford Professor known for the book 'The Population Bomb' dead at 93

""The Population Bomb" opened with a verbal blast: "The battle to feed all of humanity is over." And because the "stork had passed the plow," the Ehrlichs wrote, "hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death." Overpopulated India was doomed, they contended, and England "will not exist in the year 2000," following a massive social and environmental breakdown."

"Sometimes called a "prophet of doom" by his detractors, Ehrlich was among the most public figures of the environmental movement. He was admired and often honored for his prophetic warnings. But he was also excoriated when his worst predictions failed to come true."

"Ehrlich founded Stanford's Center for Nature and Society in 1984 and wrote more than 40 books and over 1,100 scientific articles on ecology, the environment and population dynamics. He is best known outside of academia for writing "The Population Bomb" in 1968, along with his wife, conservation biologist Anne H. Erhlich, who survives him."

Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford biologist who passed away at age 93, was a prominent environmental advocate known for his dire predictions about population growth, world hunger, and environmental collapse. Co-authoring "The Population Bomb" with his wife Anne in 1968, Ehrlich became a public figure in the environmental movement. The bestselling book predicted that overpopulation would exhaust Earth's resources, causing wars and social collapse. While his warnings seemed plausible at the time and aligned with concerns from other scientists, many of his most dire predictions ultimately failed to materialize. This discrepancy led to both admiration for his prophetic warnings and criticism when forecasts proved inaccurate. Ehrlich founded Stanford's Center for Nature and Society and authored over 40 books and 1,100 scientific articles on ecology and population dynamics.

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