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Gs Germs and Steel

By Jared Diamond

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| Audio CD | 9781565115149

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyoContinue

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.

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  • 3 people find this helpful

    Great pre-bed reader

    Fantastic piece of argumentative writing. A very comprehensive solution to the question of developmental differences among all the continents and their peoples. And very persistent too - Diamond made excellent use of the 'nagging' technique who is more commonly seen used by the female gender.

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    s tsui said on Jan 15, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 3 people find this helpful

    What a treat!

    Jared Diamond tackles a tough question: why did people of EuroAsia conquer the rest of the world and not the other way around? (Or: why is it that only the people of EuroAsia possessed the means - guns, germs and steel - to conquer the rest of the world?)

    His answer, encompassing fields from ... (continue)

    Jared Diamond tackles a tough question: why did people of EuroAsia conquer the rest of the world and not the other way around? (Or: why is it that only the people of EuroAsia possessed the means - guns, germs and steel - to conquer the rest of the world?)

    His answer, encompassing fields from anthropology to linguistics, is stunningly simple and convincing, filled with fascinating facts and observations that are quite a treat by themselves. Rarely does a book offer such a broad view of human history, and it will surely challenge your perspective of your place in history.

    The downside is that he repeats himself quite frequently. If you don't have the time, read the last chapter and you will get a good gist of his arguments.

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    Greg Sung said on Sep 6, 2005 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    The book even talks about linguistics. Can the scope be any broader?

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    phystory said on Jun 12, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | 3 feedbacks

  • This book does not explain why the food-producing China was always defeated by the nomads, rather than the opposite.

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    Siu Leung said on Feb 10, 2012 | Add your feedback

  • Mi è molto piaciuto il libro, soprattutto per la sua novità, almeno per me. Vedere la storia dell'umanità sotto la specie della cultura materiale, della storia biologica e dell'evoluzione è stata un'esperienza illuminante. Non mi ha tolto del tutto il dubbio sulla domanda di fondo, perché l'Europa e ... (continue)

    Mi è molto piaciuto il libro, soprattutto per la sua novità, almeno per me. Vedere la storia dell'umanità sotto la specie della cultura materiale, della storia biologica e dell'evoluzione è stata un'esperienza illuminante. Non mi ha tolto del tutto il dubbio sulla domanda di fondo, perché l'Europa e non altre civiltà sono arrivate a dominare il mondo, ma vi ha comunque gettato un bel fascio di luce.

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    Otto Grunf said on Jan 26, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Great book. It condenses a wealth of knowledge in an easy to follow and manageable way that is perfect to convey to the non-specialist the magnitude of human evolution and explain why the world is the way it is from a socio-historical point of view. Definitely worth a read (and a re-read) for the pe ... (continue)

    Great book. It condenses a wealth of knowledge in an easy to follow and manageable way that is perfect to convey to the non-specialist the magnitude of human evolution and explain why the world is the way it is from a socio-historical point of view. Definitely worth a read (and a re-read) for the perspectives it opens for the reader.

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    Carlo said on Dec 29, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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