Inspired by Thomas Malthus' food-supply ideas, his 1859 book was called "the book that shook the world"
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because of the food-supply problem described by Malthus, the young born to any 
species... [DOC] [TLE] Charles Darwin Biography [PAR] His work was a major influence on the life and earth sciences and on ... At the 
time, most geologists adhered to the so-called catastrophist theory that the earth 
... Often referred to as the "book that shook the world," the Origin sold out on the 
first ... because of the food-supply problem described by Malthus, the young born 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Faith For Today : Darwin's Theory [PAR] His work was of major influence on the life and earth sciences and on ... At the 
time, most geologists adhered to the so-called catastrophist theory that the earth 
... Often referred to as the "book that shook the world," the Origin sold out on the 
first ... because of the food-supply problem described by Malthus, the young born 
to... [DOC] [TLE] On the Origin of Species - Dictionary definition of On the Origin of ... [PAR] Even his first book, which we now know as The Voyage of the Beagle (1839), 
was a ... convinced of the truth of its central ideas, to publish On the Origin of 
Species.