report, a well known scientist, James Lovelock,
observed in the light of scientific information,
that by 2050, a major part of the land surface
would have become dry. This would pose a
serious threat to the lives of all living beings.
We have reached the beginning of the end, from
which point people will start dying one by one,
eventually putting an end to all life on earth.
“We are on the edge of the greatest die-off
humanity has ever seen. We will be lucky if 20
of us survive what is coming.” (p 22)
A letter on this subject, written by Sir Isaac
Newton, the famous British scientist in 1704,
was recently displayed in a museum at
Jerusalem. In this he wrote that the present
world would come to an end in 2060. This was
reported on the front page of the
Times of India
,
June 18, 2007, under the heading, ‘Newton Saw
End of the World in 2060.’
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