Background
Ehrlich, Paul Ralph was born on May 29, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Ruth (Rosenberg) Ehrlich.
(America's most eminent environmental scientists describe ...)
America's most eminent environmental scientists describe what is needed to repair the Earth. An important book that could serve to get society back on track in dealing with our serious environmental problems.--Science Books & Films. The Ehrlichs co-wrote The Population Explosion.
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(Hardcover book from 1974. The authors contend that the de...)
Hardcover book from 1974. The authors contend that the deepening environmental and resource crisis being faced is rooted in social behavior formed during the short burst of abundance which accompanied the industrial revolution. In recent years, economic and political events have had a growing impact on American lives and many are warning of pending environmental disasters. The authors believe the time has come to ask about the suitability of present political, economic, and social institutions to guide humanity through the coming period of unprecedented crises. They suggest novel ways in which present institutions can be modified and transformed to build a new and environmentally aware society.
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( In Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, th...)
In Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes in general. The twenty-six chapters are organized into broad functional areas, covering the uses of butterflies in the study of behavior, ecology, genetics and evolution, systematics, and conservation biology. Especially in the context of the current biodiversity crisis, this book shows how results found with butterflies can help us understand large, rapid changes in the world we share with them—for example, geographic distributions of some butterflies have begun to shift in response to global warming, giving early evidence of climate change that scientists, politicians, and citizens alike should heed. The first international synthesis of butterfly biology in two decades, Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight offers students, scientists, and amateur naturalists a concise overview of the latest developments in the field. Furthermore, it articulates an exciting new perspective of the whole group of approximately 15,000 species of butterflies as a comprehensive model system for all the sciences concerned with biodiversity and its preservation. Contributors: Carol L. Boggs, Paul M. Brakefield, Adriana D. Briscoe, Dana L. Campbell, Elizabeth E. Crone, Mark Deering, Henri Descimon, Erika I. Deinert, Paul R. Ehrlich, John P. Fay, Richard ffrench-Constant, Sherri Fownes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, André Gilles, Ilkka Hanski, Jane K. Hill, Brian Huntley, Niklas Janz, Greg Kareofelas, Nusha Keyghobadi, P. Bernhard Koch, Claire Kremen, David C. Lees, Jean-François Martin, Antónia Monteiro, Paulo César Motta, Camille Parmesan, William D. Patterson, Naomi E. Pierce, Robert A. Raguso, Charles Lee Remington, Jens Roland, Ronald L. Rutowski, Cheryl B. Schultz, J. Mark Scriber, Arthur M. Shapiro, Michael C. Singer, Felix Sperling, Curtis Strobeck, Aram Stump, Chris D. Thomas, Richard VanBuskirk, Hans Van Dyck, Richard I. Vane-Wright, Ward B. Watt, Christer Wiklund, and Mark A. Willis
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("The Population Bomb is a best-selling book written by St...)
"The Population Bomb is a best-selling book written by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich (who was uncredited), in 1968.12 It warned of the mass starvation of humans in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth. Fears of a "population explosion" were widespread in the 1950s and 60s, but the book and its author brought the idea to an even wider audience.34 The book has been criticized since its publishing for its alarmist tone, and in recent decades for its inaccurate predictions. The Ehrlichs stand by the basic ideas in the book, stating in 2009 that "perhaps the most serious flaw in The Bomb was that it was much too optimistic about the future" and believe that it achieved their goals because "it alerted people to the importance of environmental issues and brought human numbers into the debate on the human future."
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(For millions of Americans, birdwatching is nothing less t...)
For millions of Americans, birdwatching is nothing less than an obsession. For enthusiasts, the excitement of sighting a rare species, the pleasure of watching a bird in flight, and the satisfaction of being able to spot and identify different birds constitute a burning passion that travels with them wherever they go. The Birdwatcher's Handbook provides a marvelous resource for these dedicated hobbyists, offering a compendium of information about European birds that will be a delight to armchair readers and vacationers alike. In The Birdwatcher's Handbook, authors Paul Ehrlich, David Dobkin, Darryl Wheye, and Stuart Pimm provide in-depth information about British and Northern European birds not found in standard guides. Unlike quick-reference spotter's guides, this volume combines helpful identification aids with thorough descriptions of the birds' behavior and characteristics. Here you can find out where a bird nests, what type of nest it builds, and which partner builds it; how many eggs it lays, what they look like, which parent incubates them, and for how long; how it cares for its young, what it likes to eat, and its foraging habits. This comprehensive volume also provides details about displays, mating, wintering and migration, conservation status, and guides to further reading. For the dedicated birdwatcher on the go (in one of the most popular vacation destinations for Americans), this information will constitute invaluable help for locating and following different birds, and for identifying them by their behavior as well as their appearance. And both bird-loving travelers and homebound enthusiasts will delight in the comprehensive background this book provides on 515 separate species--including 150 short essays on avian natural history. Bird-watchers form a remarkable group, dedicated to following their passion from the backyard to the most distant places. The Birdwatcher's Handbook provides the information they need for both at-a-glance reference in the field and hours of reading pleasure at home--the perfect companion to a trusted identification guide.
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(Our most potentially disastrous national problem, along w...)
Our most potentially disastrous national problem, along with the danger of nuclear war and threats to the environment, is the pressing catastrophe of massive illegal immigration. The 2,000-mile United States-Mexican border is the only place in the world where a wealthy, heavily industrialized stable country is confronted directly by a struggling, preindustrial nation. United States prosperity relies on a stable population, and Mexico, with her burgeoning population, increasing poverty, and massive unemployment, is threatening the traditional U.S. lifestyle. Stereotyped thinking, based on racism or fear, will not solve these problems. The Golden Door is a sensitive exploration of a difficult situation, and this edition includes material on the Cuban, Salvadoran, and Haitian migration to the United States.
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( In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have e...)
In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease?  Renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe that intelligently addressing those questions depends on a clear understanding of how we evolved and how and why we’re changing the planet in ways that darken our descendants’ future. The Dominant Animal arms readers with that knowledge, tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution since the dawn of humanity. In lucid and engaging prose, they describe how Homo sapiens adapted to their surroundings, eventually developing the vibrant cultures, vast scientific knowledge, and technological wizardry we know today.  But the Ehrlichs also explore the flip side of this triumphant story of innovation and conquest. As we clear forests to raise crops and build cities, lace the continents with highways, and create chemicals never before seen in nature, we may be undermining our own supremacy. The threats of environmental damage are clear from the daily headlines, but the outcome is far from destined. Humanity can again adapt—if we learn from our evolutionary past.  Those lessons are crystallized in The Dominant Animal. Tackling the fundamental challenge of the human predicament, Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer a vivid and unique exploration of our origins, our evolution, and our future.
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( As the human population skyrockets and the toxic impact...)
As the human population skyrockets and the toxic impact of human society spreads, the natural habitats of birds degrade and diminish and the bird populations decline. Two hundred years ago, when the United States and Canada were home to less than 5 million people, they were also home to some 650 species of birds. Today, more than 280 million people live there, and 33 bird species have already been driven to extinction and well over 150 are in danger of extinction in all. Or parts of their range. This book, organized and written by the authors of The Birder's Handbook, and enriched by 191 strikingly beautiful color paintings illustrating all of the birds treated, is the first concise, authoritative review of the status of the birds currently imperiled in the United States and Canada - those that are federally listed as Endangered or Threatened and those that are listed by the National Audubon Society as suffering local or regional or. Widespread decline. It also treats the birds that have been driven to extinction in the past two centuries, since the stories of their somber fates can help us learn how to save the other birds that are in jeopardy. Because birdwatchers and others are showing increased interest in the tropical birds that survive in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the book includes separate sections on the imperiled and extinct birds of those areas. Hawaii is of special importance: because it has. Seen so many extinctions just in the years since Cook's arrival (23 species and subspecies), it provides a laboratory for studying the impact of civilization on birds in the wild. The individual texts - written in clear, non-technical language - cover requirements for successful nesting and feeding; worldwide and North American breeding range, wintering range, and imperiled portions of range; current population estimates (for Threatened and Endangered birds); behavioral. And other factors pertinent to conservation; former and/or current threats associated with decline; current status of imperilment; federally funded recovery plans; and the date of last sighting, in those desperate cases where extinction is imminent or already a fact. In the last century, coal miners took canaries into the mines, reasoning that if poisonous gases were present, the birds would give warning by succumbing first. Now birds are serving as miners' canaries once. Again. In the language of ecology, they are good indicator species, warning us that too many people, unbridled consumption of wildlands and other natural resources, faulty technologies, and irresponsible disposal of chemical and other wastes threaten not just birds but ourselves and every other living thing. In our daily lives we seldom see the terrible effects of these forces but they are demonstrated every day by scientific surveys of the environment, around the world.
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(From the Preface.. "In the three years since Population, ...)
From the Preface.. "In the three years since Population, Resources, Environment was first published, a need for a less detailed and comprehensive introduction to human ecology has become apparent. A survey of potential users indicates that a short treatment of the subject, focusing on the biological and physical aspects of man's present problems and on the ways that they can be solved, would be useful in many courses and for many readers. In the first part of this book we attempt to present the essence of demography, man's utilization of resources, the world food problem, and man's assaults on his own health and on the health of the ecological systems upon which his existence depends. In the second part we look to solutions. Having established the need to halt population growth, we turn to what is now being done in this area, and to what needs to be done." 10 Chapter Contents (304 pages) Part One: PROBLEMS 1) Population, Resources, Environment - Is Mankind Really in Trouble? 2) The Human Population 3) Carrying Capacity: Land, Energy and Mineral Resources 4) Carrying Capacity: Food and Other Renewable Resources 5) Pollution: Direct Effects on Society 6) Disruption of the Ecological Systems 7) Understanding the Web of Blame: The First Step to Solutions - PART TWO: SOLUTIONS 8) Population Limitation 9) Changing Human Behavior: Toward the Environment and Toward Our Fellow Man 10) Synthesis and Recommendations
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Book annotation not available for this title. Title: The Population Bomb Author: Ehrlich, Paul R. Publisher: Buccaneer Books Publication Date: 1995/12/01 Number of Pages: 201 Binding Type: HARDCOVER Library of Congress: BL 99003979
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(The Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth'...)
The Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth's population, growing by 95 million people a year, is rapidly depleting the planet's resources, resulting in famine, global warming, acid rain, and other major problems. Paul and Anne Ehrlich also clearly and concisely point to immediate action that will lessen the threat of ruin and begin to build a more peaceful, sane, and secure world.
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( Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library A...)
Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time, now brought up to date with an afterword for the paperback edition. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today's politics and humankind's future. One with Nineveh brilliantly puts today's political and environmental debates in a larger context and offers some bold proposals for improving our future prospect.
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(Ecoscience, the successor to 'Population, Resources, and ...)
Ecoscience, the successor to 'Population, Resources, and Environment,' is a survey of environmental science. The Ehrlichs have teamed up with John Holdren to produce a text that offers a greatly expanded coverage of all topics in environmental science. It offers extensive information on population, resources, and energy and provides concrete strategies for dealing with the environmental crisis. This title features a comprehensive introduction to basic ecological principles. It offers an expanded treatment of raw materials; a major section is devoted to energy problems; coverage is given to geophysical and climatological aspects of the environment; and a provocative discussion of the possibilities of social, political, and economic change is also included.
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(Excerpt from How to Know the Butterflies: Illustrated Key...)
Excerpt from How to Know the Butterflies: Illustrated Keys for Determining to Species All Butterflies in North America, North of Mexico, With Notes on Their Distribution, Habits, and Larval Food, and Suggestions for Collecting and Studying Them We have included all species that have been recorded from North America,-north of Mexico, with the exception of a few almost certainly attributed to our fauna in error. Many of the stragglers and imports are of little biological significance, but it was felt that their inclusion would be a help to collectors who want specimens of all species that have been found north of the border. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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(When we think of family, we most often think of our siste...)
When we think of family, we most often think of our sisters and brothers, our cousins and grandparents, rather than our world family or even our community connections. We still identify with our differences more than our similarities, unless it's convenient to do otherwise. Here, two seasoned authors tackle the question of family and what it means to us now and how it might change to help us address the problems that affect us all. Using specific examples throughout the work, they present a unique approach to what it means to belong to one human family. Beginning with a consideration of how the family unit has begun to be defined by allegiances, by common ties and empathy, the authors then discuss the evolution of the family unit and how the "us" vs. "them" mentality gave way to a way of life that separated peoples rather than brought them together. They consider family values, how they arose, developed, were perverted or perfected to suit the family unit's needs, and the confusion that followed. Humanity on a Tightrope focuses on what families and family values are, and how they often create an "us versus them" mentality that is at the root of many of today's most crucial problems from terrorism, racism, and war to the failure of humanity to come to grips with potentially lethal global environmental problems. The book underlines a basic element for solving the human predicament ― quickly spreading the domain of empathy. It takes a close look at how we can do that, building on the findings of both social and natural science and using tools ranging from brain imaging to the internet. It explains how civilization is unlikely to persist unless many more people learn to put themselves in the shoes of others to keep society balancing on the tightrope to sustainability - a tightrope suspended over the collapse of civilization.
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Ehrlich, Paul Ralph was born on May 29, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Ruth (Rosenberg) Ehrlich.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1953. AM, University Kansas, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kansas, 1957.
Research associate, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1958-1959; assistant professor biological science, Stanford University, 1959-1962; associate professor, Stanford University, 1962-1966; professor, Stanford University, since 1966; Bing professor population studies, Stanford University, since 1976; director graduate study department biological science, Stanford University, 1966-1969, 1974-1976; president Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, since 1988. Consultant Behavioral Research laboratories, 1963-1967. Correspondent NBC News, 1989-1992.
(Excerpt from How to Know the Butterflies: Illustrated Key...)
( In Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, th...)
(The Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth'...)
(The Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth'...)
( Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library A...)
(This explanation of ecology, written specifically for non...)
( In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have e...)
(Our most potentially disastrous national problem, along w...)
(When we think of family, we most often think of our siste...)
( As the human population skyrockets and the toxic impact...)
(Ecoscience, the successor to 'Population, Resources, and ...)
(America's most eminent environmental scientists describe ...)
("The Population Bomb is a best-selling book written by St...)
(For millions of Americans, birdwatching is nothing less t...)
(How to be a Survivor A Plan to Save Spaceship Earth Impor...)
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(Skin color, prejudice, and intelligence)
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(Seminal work in population theory. Overpopulation is now ...)
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(From the Preface.. "In the three years since Population, ...)
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomology Society of America, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, California Academy of Sciences (Fellows medal 2003). Member: National Academy of Sciences, Lepidopterists Society, American Museum Natural History (honorary), American Museum Natural History (life), British Ecological Society (honorary), American Society Naturalists, Society Systematic Biology, Society for Study of Evolution, Ecological Society of America (Eminent Ecologist award 2001).
Married Anne Fitzhugh Howland, December 18, 1954. 1 daughter, Lisa Marie.