Berkeley, 1973. Four university researchers make a startling discovery: if population and industrial growth continue unchecked, civilization could collapse within a century.The finding sends them down very different paths. Idealistic couple Mildred and Eugene Dundee dedicate themselves to sounding the alarm. Economist Paul Qurillot turns crisis into opportunity. And enigmatic mathematician Johannes Gudsonn disappears.Fifty years later, a journalist follows Gudsonn's trail, ...