The Population crunch: agenda for the future
The Population crunch: agenda for the future
Anniversaries of prominent scientists are usually fairly easy to establish, but the birthday of a branch of science is often hidden in the depths of time. Demography is a fortunate exception, for its birthday has been established beyond all reasonable doubt January 1662, when John Graunt, a London businessman, published his Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality. This book was the world's first piece of research in the field now known as demography.