books by Jared Diamond

books by Jared Diamond

books:

Jared Diamond

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

Jared Diamond

W. W. Norton, 2005

Is Western Society truly superior?
I was tempted to give Jared 5 stars based on the extent of his information and his strength of his argument. I gave him only 4 stars because, although I think he is 75% correct, I think he has ignored or denies factors that may be important. Early in his book, ...

The Biophilia Hypothesis (A Shearwater Book)

Island Press, 1995

Wonderful reading
This was recommended by a scientist-science teacher-friend and I was simply blown away by the implications. If this theory is correct, then it explains the human descent into madness brought on by increased development without thought.

1000 Events That Shaped the World
National Geographic

National Geographic, 2008

A fascinating sweep of global developments, this fact-filled book delivers what National Geographic has introduced into households for more than a century: The world and all that is in it. A thousand concise nuggets of text, each focused on one event and numbered chronologically, walk readers through time —from the first evidence of life 3.8 ...

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)

Jared Diamond

Basic Books, 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 ...

Guns, Germs and Steel

Jared Diamond

W W Norton & Co Inc (Np), 2005

Must read
This is an excellent book and is a must read for anyone who cares about the history (and reasons why it unfolded the way it did) of the growth of civilization.

The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World

James F. Clements

Cornell University Press, 2007

Essential for serious birders
Several years ago I had an epiphany as a bird lover, and stopped keeping my Life List. For several years before that I was an avid bird lister. Clements was always at hand, at home or on the trail or on trips. I still read that well used copy from time to time, filled ...

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

Jared M. Diamond

Harper Perennial, 2006

Diamond is Brilliant
A good read for anyone who's interested in anthropology or evolution. One of Diamond's main points in this book is that humans are not so different from our biological cousins, the apes. In fact, he says, we are more genetically close to chimpanzees than some species ...

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005

Warms up after the first couple chapters
Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana ...

Guns, Germs, and Steel (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)
Jared Diamond

Barnes & Noble, 2003

Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook: Why did Europe colonize Africa and ...

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Jared M. Diamond

Vintage, 1992

The Birds of Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology, and Biogeography
Ernst Mayr, Jared Diamond

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

Speciation is the process by which co-existing daughter species evolve from one ancestral species - e.g., humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas arising from a common ancestor around 5,000,000 years ago. However, many questions about speciation remain controversial. The Birds of Northern Melanesia provides by far the most comprehensive study yet ...

Ecology and Evolution of Communities (Belknap Press)
Martin Cody, Jared Diamond

Belknap Press, 1975

In recent times, the science of ecology has been rejuvenated and has moved to a central position in biology. This volume contains eighteen original, major contributions by leaders in the field, all associates of the late Robert MacArthur, whose work has stimulated many of the recent developments in ecology. The intellectual ferment of the field is ...