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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

1051 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

If he could only teach just one history course in each college....
..it wouldn't be "one damn fact after the other," a comment on the study of history that Diamond references. His historical book is the antithesis of the "big man" version of history, so-and-so meets X, and says this and that, and decides Y. His is a study of history in its broadest swaths, examining the proximate reasons for a given outcome, but always striving to ground his work in the ...

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)

94 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

Harper Perennial, 2006

A tour of the human condition
The only way to describe this book is 'excellent.' Starting with our evolutionary origins, Jared Diamond examines possible reasons for many uniquely human (or so you'd think) behaviors and oddities, ranging from art to relative penis size (after reading this book you will be able to say that you're better hung than a gorilla). Next, Diamond turns his focus to some of the nastier behaviors of ...

Why Is Sex Fun? (Science Masters)

36 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1998

The evolution of human sex
The evolutionist Richard Dawkins once said that he would have written a book on the evolution of sex if Jared Diamond hadn't had done such a good job of it with `Why is Sex fun?' If you are interested in evolution or the evolution of human sexuality then this scientific entry is an imperative. However if you are looking for a book that just does cheap thrills or agony aunt pseudo-explanations, go ...

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared M. Diamond

Jonathan Cape, 1997

Collapse (Allen Lane Science)

391 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

Allen Lane, 2005

Great book
I read Guns, Germs, and Steel and was so impressed that I bought Collapse. Although it is slightly less engrossing (perhaps because it is about a less uplifting topic), it is still an amazing book.

Why Is Sex Fun? : The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Jared M. Diamond

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997

How human sexuality came to be what it now is. Human sexuality seems normal to us but it is bizarre by the standards of other animals. Jarad Diamond Argues that our stange SEX lives were as crucial to our rise to human atatus as were our large brains. Among the usual aspects of human sexuality siscussed are female menopause, the role of men in human societies, our ...

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

2 reviews
Jared M. Diamond

Vintage, 1992

Very Informative
This is my second book of Jared Diamond after "Guns, Germs and Steel" and without any doubt this is a very informative book. Especially the chapters on human sexuality was very much new to me. Also he convincingly puts the case of conservation of environment. In fact, if you have any doubt about the urgency of conserving environment, read this book. You might see so many things in a new light. ...