GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES
Jared Diamond
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL – “No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field, none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity, than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this remarkably readable book, he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition.” —Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University.
“Serious, groundbreaking biological studies of human history only seem to come along once every generation or so. . .. Now Jared Diamond must be added to their select number. . . . Diamond meshes technological mastery with historical sweep, anecdotal delight with broad conceptual vision, and command of sources with creative leaps.