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Vor 4 Tagen · Whether what has been termed the ‘population explosion’ should be considered a blessing or a menace is framed by May within the contrast between the pessimistic view of Thomas Robert Malthus and the initially laissez-faire Marxist perspective, with reference to the more nuanced recent theories of the Danish economist, Ester Boserup. May examines the precise, complex relation between the ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Especially influential was English economist and demographer Thomas Malthus, who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction.
Vor 3 Tagen · Malthus, T. — 1798. An Essay on the Principle of Population. PDF typeset file: 948,754 bytes - 134 pages - no figures This book was first published anonymously in 1798, but the author was soon identified as Thomas Robert Malthus. The book predicted a grim future, as population would increase geometrically, doubling every 25 years, but food ...
Vor einem Tag · This major collection about the oceans and Polar exploration was bequeathed by Dr. William Speirs Bruce, explorer and oceanographer (1867-1921). Bruce studied at the Granton Marine Station and at the University of Edinburgh, and took part in numerous expeditions looking at the meteorology, botany and zoology of the Polar regions.
Vor einem Tag · Population and resources: Malthus • Resources increase linearly • Population increases exponentially • MANY critiques of this theory Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) Cleric, Scholar, Demographer Graph of Malthus’s theory Where are birth rates the highest???
Vor 6 Tagen · Search and display such primary sources as images, ephemera, pamphlets, college records and exam papers, books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, account books, education practice and pedagogy, government papers, illustrated writings on anatomy, midwifery, art and fashion, manuscripts, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, receipt ...
Vor einem Tag · Robert Flint (1838-1910) was a philosopher and theologian whose widely read books and pamphlets argued that belief in God remained reasonable in the light of scientific advances. He served as Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1903. The collection consists of notes for lectures, correspondence, essays, sermons, speeches, notes for lectures, and photographs. A
