Our Plundered Planet Our Plundered Planet Our Plundered Planet is a book published in 1948 that was written by Fairfield Osborn about environmental destruction by humankind. With a focus on soil, the book is a critique of humankind's poor stewardship of Earth. It typifies the earliest apocalyptic environmental literature, in which human beings are seen as destroyers of the natural world. "Our Plundered Planet", along with William Vogt’s "Road to Survival", also published in 1948, launched a Malthusian revival in the post War era, and would inspire Paul R. Ehrlich, author of "The Population Bomb" among many others. In writing this book, Osborn
Uranus of our Solar System." In recognition of his achievement, King George III gave Herschel an annual stipend of £200 on condition that he move to Windsor so that the Royal Family could look through his telescopes. The name of Uranus references the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (), the father of Cronus (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter), which in Latin became "Ūranus" (). It is the only planet whose name is derived directly from a figure of Greek mythology. The adjectival form of Uranus is "Uranian". The pronunciation of the name "Uranus" preferred among astronomers is ,