2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American biologist — Stanford — whose The Population Bomb (1968) predicted mass starvation by the 1980s from overpopulation — which proved incorrect — making him the most cited example of catastrophist scientific prediction failure.
Paul Ehrlich's 1968 bestseller — predicting mass starvation from overpopulation in the 1970s–80s — which proved incorrect but triggered the modern environmental movement and is the most cited example of catastrophist prediction failure.