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Jared Diamond

贾雷德·戴蒙德

Lifespan
1937–
Nationality
American
Role
Geographer and UCLA professor
Books
1

Biography

American geographer and physiologist and a professor at UCLA. Guns, Germs, and Steel explains the divergent development of civilizations through geography and ecology, and won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize.

Central Ideas

  • Geography and ecology in the fate of societies
  • Continental axes and domesticable species
  • 1998 Pulitzer Prize

Books

Related topics

History 历史 Civilization 文明