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Susan Wise Bauer

Susan Wise Bauer is the author of The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory. She is also the author of the History of the World series for W. W. Norton, and the best-selling Story of the World history series for children. She has a Ph.D. from the College of William & Mary, lives on a farm in Charles City, Virginia, and raises Leicester longwool sheep for entertainment.

“Surplus Population”

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