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Born in Boston in 1937, Diamond earned his B.A. at Harvard and his Ph.D. from Cambridge. A distinguished teacher and researcher, Diamond is well-known for the columns he contributes to the widely read <a class="showlessmore_link" id="u_618e3_showmore" onclick="truncate_show('u_618e3')" >show more</a><span class="hideme" id="u_618e3"> magazines Natural History and Discover. Diamond's book The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal was heralded for its accessibility and for its blending of science and social science. The interdisciplinary Guns, Germs and Steel--Diamond's examination of the relationship between scientific technology and economic disparity--won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize. Diamond has won a McArthur Foundation Fellowship in addition to several smaller awards for his science and writing. (Bowker Author Biography)</span> <a class="hideme showlessmore_link" id="u_618e3_showless" onclick="truncate_show('u_618e3')" >show less</a></div><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_2c6a93f7" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamondjard&norefer=2">Jard Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamonjared&norefer=2">Jared Diamon</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamonjered&norefer=2">Jered Diamon</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/phdjareddiamond&norefer=2">Jared Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/3168522532&norefer=2">Jared Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/dismondjsred&norefer=2">Jsred Dismond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/jaraddiamond&norefer=2">Jarad Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamondjarod&norefer=2">Jarod Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/jareddiamond&norefer=2">Jared Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daimonddzhared&norefer=2">Dzhared Daimond</a></span><span id="u_2767432d" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 19" >, <span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/161363950&norefer=2">賈德．戴蒙</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamondjaredm&norefer=2">Jared M. Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamondphdjared&norefer=2">Jared Diamond PhD</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/djareddiamondph&norefer=2">Jared Diamond PH D</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/diamondjaredmason&norefer=2">Jared Mason Diamond</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/jaredmdiamond&norefer=2">Jared M. Diamond (Author)</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/3607576474&norefer=2">Джаред Даймонд</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/3342004473&norefer=2">ジャレドダイアモンド</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/879416029&norefer=2">ジャレド・ダイアモンド</a></span></span></span></p></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_series" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_20d4" data-caret-id="tdc_u_20d4" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_5caa" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("series", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="series" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_20d4" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Series</h2><span id="tdh_u_5caa" ><a name="series"></a><div class="worklist serieslist"><div id="u_a9b9a606" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/nseries/322138/Civilizations-Rise-and-Fall" class="" >Civilizations Rise and Fall</a></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_cb18" data-caret-id="tdc_u_cb18" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_d61e" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_cb18" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Jared Diamond</h2><span id="tdh_u_d61e" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('diamondjared', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('diamondjared', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_d1b53bf8" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> <span class="date">(1997)</span> <span class="copies note">25,659 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 378 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> <span class="copies note">12,499 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 182 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/30979" data-workid="30979" data-title="The-Third-Chimpanzee-The-Evolution-and-Future-of-the-Human-Animal" class="" >The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal</a> <span class="date">(1991)</span> <span class="copies note">3,802 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 36 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12946361" data-workid="12946361" data-title="The-World-Until-Yesterday-What-Can-We-Learn-from-Traditional-Societies" class="" >The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> — Author — <span class="copies note">2,128 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 49 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/50151" data-workid="50151" data-title="Why-Is-Sex-Fun-The-Evolution-of-Human-Sexuality" class="" >Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality</a> <span class="date">(1997)</span> <span class="copies note">1,257 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 21 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22560988" data-workid="22560988" data-title="Upheaval-Turning-Points-for-Nations-in-Crisis" class="" >Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis</a> <span class="date">(2019)</span> <span class="copies note">1,011 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 27 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8680231" data-workid="8680231" data-title="Natural-Experiments-of-History" class="" >Natural Experiments of History</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">143 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/24498910" data-workid="24498910" data-title="Swing-Kings-The-Inside-Story-of-Baseballs-Home-Run-Revolution" class="" >Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution</a> <span class="date">(2020)</span> <span class="copies note">45 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14683178" data-workid="14683178" data-title="The-Third-Chimpanzee-for-Young-People-On-the-Evolution-and-Future-of-the-Human-Animal-For-Young-People-Series" class="" >The Third Chimpanzee for Young People: On the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (For Young People Series)</a> <span class="date">(2014)</span> <span class="copies note">39 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26985380" data-workid="26985380" data-title="The-Last-Tree-on-Easter-Island" class="" >The Last Tree on Easter Island</a> <span class="date">(2021)</span> <span class="copies note">21 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17278168" data-workid="17278168" data-title="Sociedades-comparadas-Un-peque%C3%B1o-libro-sobre-grandes-temas" class="" >Sociedades comparadas: Un pequeño libro sobre grandes temas</a> <span class="date">(2016)</span> <span class="copies note">19 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15720555" data-workid="15720555" data-title="Da-te-solo-a-tutto-il-mondo-un-ornitologo-osserva-le-societ-agrave-umane" class="" >Da te solo a tutto il mondo: un ornitologo osserva le società umane</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/671917" data-workid="671917" data-title="Community-Ecology" class="" >Community Ecology</a> <span class="date">(1986)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11222781" data-workid="11222781" data-title="%E9%8A%83%E3%83%BB%E7%97%85%E5%8E%9F%E8%8F%8C%E3%83%BB%E9%89%84%E3%80%88%E4%B8%8A%E5%B7%BB%E3%80%89%E2%80%951%E4%B8%873000%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AB%E3%82%8F%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8B%E4%BA%BA%E9%A1%9E%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AE%E8%AC%8E" class="" >銃・病原菌・鉄〈上巻〉―1万3000年にわたる人類史の謎</a> <span class="date">(2000)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11222780" data-workid="11222780" data-title="%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB%E3%80%80%E9%8A%83%E3%83%BB%E7%97%85%E5%8E%9F%E8%8F%8C%E3%83%BB%E9%89%84%E3%80%80%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%89%E3%80%801%E4%B8%873000%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AB%E3%82%8F%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8B%E4%BA%BA%E9%A1%9E%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AE%E8%AC%8E-%E8%8D%89%E6%80%9D%E7%A4%BE%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB" class="" >文庫　銃・病原菌・鉄　（下）　1万3000年にわたる人類史の謎 (草思社文庫)</a> <span class="date">(2000)</span> <span class="copies note">8 copies</span></div><div id="u_f5d5bf96" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 77" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14060355" data-workid="14060355" data-title="Norse-Greenland-A-Controlled-Experiment-in-Collapse-A-Selection-from-Collapse-Penguin-Tracks" class="" >Norse Greenland: A Controlled Experiment in Collapse--A Selection from Collapse (Penguin Tracks)</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1905993" data-workid="1905993" data-title="Avifauna-of-the-Eastern-Highlands-of-New-Guinea" class="" >Avifauna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18151593" data-workid="18151593" data-title="Ningen-no-sei-wa-naze-kimyo%C3%8C%22-ni-shinka-shita-noka" class="" >Ningen no sei wa naze kimyoÌ" ni shinka shita noka</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21939973" data-workid="21939973" data-title="The-medicine-inside-the-body-is-analytical-Chinese-edidion-Pinyin-ti-nei-yao-wu-fen-xi" class="" >The medicine inside the body is analytical (Chinese edidion) Pinyin: ti nei yao wu fen xi</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13336033" data-workid="13336033" data-title="%E7%9F%A5%E3%81%AE%E9%80%86%E8%BB%A2-NHK%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B8-395" class="" >知の逆転 (NHK出版新書 395)</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21301660" data-workid="21301660" data-title="Summary-and-analysis-of-guns-germs-and-steel-the-fates-of-human-societies" class="" >Summary and analysis of guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies</a> <span class="date">(2016)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22792941" data-workid="22792941" data-title="How-to-Tame-a-Wild-Plant" class="" >How to Tame a Wild Plant</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20212867" data-workid="20212867" data-title="Turning-A-Man" class="" >Turning A Man</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20594426" data-workid="20594426" data-title="The-Arrow-of-Disease" class="" >The Arrow of Disease</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20640050" data-workid="20640050" data-title="The-Evolution-of-Dragons" class="" >The Evolution of Dragons</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20943498" data-workid="20943498" data-title="Speaking-with-a-Single-Tongue" class="" >Speaking with a Single Tongue</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20948775" data-workid="20948775" data-title="Ten-Thousand-Years-of-Solitude" class="" >Ten Thousand Years of Solitude</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20977372" data-workid="20977372" data-title="Building-to-Code" class="" >Building to Code</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21048352" data-workid="21048352" data-title="Sex-and-the-Female-Agenda" class="" >Sex and the Female Agenda</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21658315" data-workid="21658315" data-title="How-Africa-Became-Black" class="" >How Africa Became Black</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21685331" data-workid="21685331" data-title="Dining-With-Snakes" class="" >Dining With Snakes</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21799472" data-workid="21799472" data-title="The-Return-of-Cholera" class="" >The Return of Cholera</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22177465" data-workid="22177465" data-title="Writing-Right" class="" >Writing Right</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22858010" data-workid="22858010" data-title="Race-Without-Color" class="" >Race Without Color</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20114093" data-workid="20114093" data-title="Reversal-of-Fortune" class="" >Reversal of Fortune</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23059796" data-workid="23059796" data-title="Fathers-Milk" class="" >Father's Milk</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23083173" data-workid="23083173" data-title="Playing-God-at-the-Zoo" class="" >Playing God at the Zoo</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/24128203" data-workid="24128203" data-title="Easters-End" class="" >Easter's End</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/24658864" data-workid="24658864" data-title="Empire-of-Uniformity" class="" >Empire of Uniformity</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a 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> <a href="/work/20102612" data-workid="20102612" data-title="Living-Through-the-Donner-Party" class="" >Living Through the Donner Party</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22106444" data-workid="22106444" data-title="Lessons-of-Environmental-Collapses-of-Past-Societies" class="" >Lessons of Environmental Collapses of Past Societies</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/30243743" data-workid="30243743" data-title="Civilizaciones-que-surgen-y-caen-02-Por-qu%C3%A9-algunas-sociedades-perduran-y-otras-desaparecen" class="" >(Civilizaciones que surgen y caen 02) Por qué algunas sociedades perduran y otras desaparecen</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22520905" data-workid="22520905" data-title="365-historische-gebeurtenissen" class="" >365 historische gebeurtenissen</a> <span class="date">(2009)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17869508" data-workid="17869508" data-title="Silent-Partner-CD" class="" >Silent Partner (CD)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15164457" data-workid="15164457" data-title="Quicklet-on-Guns-Germs-and-Steel-by-Jared-Diamond-Book-Summary" class="" >Quicklet on Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Book Summary)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14264532" data-workid="14264532" data-title="%22Easter-Islands-End%22" class="" >"Easter Islands End"</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28189368" data-workid="28189368" data-title="Insan-Cinselliginin-Evrimi" class="" >Insan Cinselliginin Evrimi</a> <span class="date">(2019)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a 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v. 164, article…</a> <span class="date">(1979)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32371985" data-workid="32371985" data-title="Strzelby-zarazki-stal-kr-oacute-tka-historia-ludzko%C5%9Bci" class="" >Strzelby, zarazki, stal : krótka historia ludzkości</a> <span class="date">(2023)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17869642" data-workid="17869642" data-title="Catherine-the-Great" class="" >Catherine the Great</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20928494" data-workid="20928494" data-title="Inventer-pour-le-XXIe-si%C3%A8cle" class="" >Inventer pour le XXIe siècle</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/diamondjared/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_f61f" data-caret-id="tdc_u_f61f" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_b82e" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_f61f" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_b82e" ><a name="alsoby"></a><div class="worklist"><div id="u_910e3288" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5024505" data-workid="5024505" data-title="The-Oxford-Book-of-Modern-Science-Writing" class="" >The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">811 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 6 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/24532" data-workid="24532" data-title="What-Evolution-Is" class="" >What Evolution Is</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> — Foreword — <span class="copies note">754 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2170217" data-workid="2170217" data-title="What-Is-Your-Dangerous-Idea-Todays-Leading-Thinkers-on-the-Unthinkable" class="" >What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable</a> <span class="date">(1914)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">642 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 8 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7330" data-workid="7330" data-title="The-Best-American-Essays-2004" class="" >The Best American Essays 2004</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">296 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/798015" data-workid="798015" data-title="The-New-Humanists-Science-at-the-Edge" class="" >The New Humanists: Science at the Edge</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">233 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5845882" data-workid="5845882" data-title="1000-Events-That-Shaped-the-World" class="" >1000 Events That Shaped the World</a> <span class="date">(2007)</span> — Foreword — <span class="copies note">125 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11077818" data-workid="11077818" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-%5B2005-TV-mini-series%5D" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel [2005 TV mini series]</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> — Orignal book — <span class="copies note">49 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16636167" data-workid="16636167" data-title="The-Living-Bird-100-Years-of-Listening-to-Nature" class="" >The Living Bird: 100 Years of Listening to Nature</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">42 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26967759" data-workid="26967759" data-title="Penguin-Green-Ideas-Collection" class="" >Penguin Green Ideas Collection</a> <span class="date">(2021)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">11 copies</span></div></div></div></span></section><section 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class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_0166" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Common Knowledge</h2><span id="tdh_u_f176" ><a name="common_knowledge"></a><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><dl class="loving comfort joined"><dt>Legal name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=31&exact=1&type=2&q=Diamond, Jared Mason" data-fieldtype="31" class="" >Diamond, Jared Mason</a></dd><dt>Other names</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=32&exact=1&type=2&q=DIAMOND, Jared Mason" data-fieldtype="32" class="" >DIAMOND, Jared Mason</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=32&exact=1&type=2&q=DIAMOND, Jared M." data-fieldtype="32" class="" >DIAMOND, Jared M.</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=32&exact=1&type=2&q=DIAMOND, Jared" data-fieldtype="32" class="" >DIAMOND, Jared</a></dd><dt>Birthdate</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=8&exact=1&type=2&q=1937-09-10" data-fieldtype="8" class="" >1937-09-10</a></dd><dt>Gender</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=5&exact=1&type=2&q=male" data-fieldtype="5" class="" >male</a></dd><dt>Nationality</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=18&exact=1&type=2&q=USA" data-fieldtype="18" class="" >USA</a></dd><dt>Birthplace</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/Boston, Massachusetts, USA" data-fieldtype="44" class="" >Boston, Massachusetts, USA</a></dd><dt>Education</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=Roxbury Latin School" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >Roxbury Latin School</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=Harvard University" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >Harvard University (BA | 1958)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=University of Cambridge" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >University of Cambridge (PhD | Physiology and Biophysics | 1961)</a></dd><dt>Occupations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=evolutionary biologist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >evolutionary biologist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=physiologist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >physiologist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=biogeographer" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >biogeographer</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=Professor of Physiology" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >Professor of Physiology</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=environmentalist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >environmentalist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=anthropologist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >anthropologist</a> <span id="u_7eff5319" class="note" >(<a href="#" onclick="$J('#u_7eff5319, #u_fb93d4ee').toggleClass('hid');return false;" class="" >show all 9</a>)</span><span id="u_fb93d4ee" class="hid" ><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=ornithologist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >ornithologist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=linguist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >linguist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=science writer" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >science writer</a></span></dd><dt>Relationships</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/author/cohenmarienabel" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Cohen, Marie Nabel (wife)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/author/diamondjosh" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Diamond, Josh (son)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/author/diamondmax" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Diamond, Max (son)</a></dd><dt>Organizations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=American Philosophical Society" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >American Philosophical Society</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=World Wildlife Fund" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >World Wildlife Fund</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=University of California, Los Angeles" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >University of California, Los Angeles</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=The Skeptics Society" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >The Skeptics Society</a></dd><dt>Awards and honors</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=American Academy of Arts and Sciences" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=National Academy of Sciences" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >National Academy of Sciences</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Lannan Literary Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Lannan Literary Award (1999)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=California Book Awards" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >California Book Awards (1998)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Elliott Coues Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Elliott Coues Award (1998)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Prize" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Prize (1997)</a> <span id="u_001f7c85" class="note" >(<a href="#" onclick="$J('#u_001f7c85, #u_3f701e9e').toggleClass('hid');return false;" class="" >show all 21</a>)</span><span id="u_3f701e9e" class="hid" ><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2002)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Randi Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Randi Award (1994)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Zoological Society of San Diego Conservation Medal" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Zoological Society of San Diego Conservation Medal (1993)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize (1992)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Tanner Lecturer" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Tanner Lecturer (1992)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Archie Carr Medal" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Archie Carr Medal (1989)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=MacArthur Fellowship" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >MacArthur Fellowship (1985)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Franklin L. Burr Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Franklin L. Burr Award (1979)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Nathaniel Bowditch Prize" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Nathaniel Bowditch Prize (1976)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Kaiser Permanente/Golden Apple Teaching Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Kaiser Permanente/Golden Apple Teaching Award (1976)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Distinguished Achievement Award, 1975" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Distinguished Achievement Award, 1975</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Distinguished Teaching Award, 1972, 1973" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Distinguished Teaching Award, 1972, 1973</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Prize Fellowship, 1961" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Prize Fellowship, 1961</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=National Medal of Science" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >National Medal of Science (1999)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Kew International Medal, 2012" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Kew International Medal, 2012</a></span></dd><dt>Short biography</dt><dd>Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles ... began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. [from Guns, Germs, and Steel (2005)]<br><div class="clamp clamp3">JARED DIAMOND is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Until recently he was Professor of Physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is the author of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?; Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the widely acclaimed Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies, which also is the winner of Britain's 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize.<br><br>Dr. Diamond is also the author of two other trade books: The Third Chimpanzee, which won The Los Angeles Times Book award for the best science book of 1992 and Britain's 1992 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize; and Why is Sex Fun? (ScienceMasters Series).<br><br>Dr. Diamond is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship ("Genius Award"); research prizes of the American Physiological Society, National Geographic Society, and Zoological Society of San Diego; and many teaching awards and endowed public lectureships. In addition, he has been elected a member of all three of the leading national scientific/academic honorary societies (National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society).<br><br>His field experience includes 17 expeditions to New Guinea and neighboring islands, to study ecology and evolution of birds; rediscovery of New Guinea's long-lost goldenfronted bowerbird; other field projects in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. As a conservationist he devised a comprehensive plan, almost all of which was subsequently implemented, for Indonesian New Guinea's national park system; numerous field projects for the Indonesian government and World Wildlife Fund; founding member of the board of the Society of Conservation Biology; member of the Board of Directors of World Wildlife Fund/USA.<br><br><a href='http://edge.org/memberbio/jared_diamond' rel='nofollow' target='_new'>http://edge.org/memberbio/jared_diamo...</a></div></span></dd></dl></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_members" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_3a31" data-caret-id="tdc_u_3a31" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_1776" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("members", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="members" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_3a31" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Members</h2><span id="tdh_u_1776" ><a name="members"></a><div id="newauthor_members"></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_discussions" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_c29b" data-caret-id="tdc_u_c29b" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_98f6" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("discussions", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="discussions" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_c29b" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Discussions</h2><span id="tdh_u_98f6" ><a name="discussions"></a><div id="u_06d8ede8" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><i class="fa-solid fa-messages dormant"></i> <a href="/topic/178692">AUGUST - SPOILERS - Collapse</a> in The Green Dragon <span class="note">(October 2014)</span></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_reviews" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_e5df" data-caret-id="tdc_u_e5df" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_392c" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("reviews", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="reviews" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_e5df" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Reviews</h2><span id="tdh_u_392c" ><a name="reviews"></a><input type="hidden" id="cache_key" value="u_6b9c11c2"><div class="brevs_container author_brevs_container "><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275871748" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" >Guns, Germs and Steel</a> by <a href="/author/diamondjared">Jared Diamond</a></div></div><div class="" >The central question was fascinating: why did some peoples develop more materialistic goods, and power and spread across the globe while other peoples did not. I listened to this book as I commuted to work, so maybe if I had read the book I would have liked it more. I found it dry. Some places were extremely repetitive, while in other sections I was wishing for more details or an example.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_bd8aa068" title="2 Stars" aria-title="2 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="4" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="3" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275871748" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275871748"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_275871748" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_275871748" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_275871748" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_275871748"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/emaurer" target="_top">emaurer</a> | <a href="/work/2567/reviews" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" >377 other reviews</a> | Nov 26, 2024 | <a href="/review/275871748"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275856189" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" >Guns, Germs and Steel</a> by <a href="/author/diamondjared">Jared Diamond</a></div></div><div class="" >Stopped on page 88 for the time being, because, man, do people ever suck. We historically sucked. But since humans used to invade other humans' territory and do a lot of killing, at least things have changed now.<br><br>Oh, wait.</div class="" ></div><div id="rfd_275856189" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275856189"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_275856189" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_275856189" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_275856189" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_275856189"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/carol." target="_top">carol.</a> | <a href="/work/2567/reviews" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel" class="" >377 other reviews</a> | Nov 25, 2024 | <a 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history.<br>It’s a geopolitical treatise exploring the places and times and reactions to events that shaped the current state of a select set of nations<br>It’s a sociological evaluation of the mindset and decisions and actions and reactions within those nations to which the author has had personal contact, and has researched the process of national growth and development to where we find those nations today.<br>Another round of applause to Dr. Jared Diamond in this most recent <u class="showmore_hide">of his books exploring those areas of international states of events and processes. <br>This, after also reading other publications by Dr. Diamond (“Guns, Germs, and Steel” and “Collapse”) within his personal output, has me anxiously awaiting any future “magnum opus” that might be forthcoming.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_a650901c');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_14af33aa" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating 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class="note">(2)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/6987/all/100-books-to-read-in-a-lifetime">100 books to read in a lifetime</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/43500/all/Mind-Expanding-Books-by-hackerkid">Mind Expanding Books by hackerkid</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/11970/all/Entender-el-mundo">Entender el mundo</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/6948/all/Big-tags">Big tags</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/43375/all/Big-History">Big History</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/10572/all/Recommended-Books-about-Climate-Change">Recommended Books about Climate Change</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/21454/all/The-Great-Courses-Earth-at-the-Crossroads">The Great Courses: Earth at the Crossroads</a> <span 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class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/9869/all/BingoDOG-Books-With-Natural-Disasters-Nonfiction">BingoDOG - Books With Natural Disasters: Nonfiction</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/938/all/Best-Books-About-Plagues-and-Epidemics">Best Books About Plagues and Epidemics</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/11159/all/Falling-for-Science">Falling for Science</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/9810/all/Climate-Change">Climate Change</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/760/all/Miracle-of-Europe">Miracle of Europe</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/18861/all/The-Joe-Rogan-Experience-Library">The Joe Rogan Experience Library</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_awards" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_cbab" data-caret-id="tdc_u_cbab" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_8ae8" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("awards", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="awards" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_cbab" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Awards</h2><span id="tdh_u_8ae8" ><a name="awards"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.groupAwards('diamondjared', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">By Award</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.groupAwards('diamondjared', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">By Work</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="card_list" rows="2"><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218176"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/8b/32/8b32135675b49526371384c6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/76/Pulitzer-Prize" class="" >Pulitzer Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_7e72cdba" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" target="_top" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> (<a href="/award/76.1.2160.1998/Pulitzer-Prize-Winner-General-Non-Fiction-1998">Winner – General Non-Fiction – 1998</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218360"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/d1/7a/d17a73baf06091e6376496d6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/283/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize" class="" >Los Angeles Times Book Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_bc4da61c" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/30979" data-workid="30979" data-title="The-Third-Chimpanzee-The-Evolution-and-Future-of-the-Human-Animal" target="_top" class="" >The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal</a> (<a href="/award/283.1.1713.1992/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize-Winner-Science-Technology-1992">Winner – Science & Technology – 1992</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218446"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/d7/2a/d72a07847221e2e637544757077424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/404/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-Book-Awards" class="" >Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_b3e555a0" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/404.1.8.2005/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-Book-Awards-Winner-Nonfiction-2005">Winner – Nonfiction – 2005</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" target="_top" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> (<a href="/award/404.1.8.1997/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-Book-Awards-Winner-Nonfiction-1997">Winner – Nonfiction – 1997</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218141"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/e1/2e/e12e92176533531636a49426d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/43/Notable-Books-List" class="" >Notable Books List</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_67ea2a58" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/43.0.0.2006/Notable-Books-List-2006">2006</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10241781"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/4f/dd/4fddb381d6827a6637446763167424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/759/Royal-Society-Trivedi-Science-Book-Prize" class="" >Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_a6890ed1" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/759.4.4.2006/Royal-Society-Trivedi-Science-Book-Prize-Shortlist-General-2006">Shortlist – General – 2006</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" target="_top" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> (<a href="/award/759.4.4.1998/Royal-Society-Trivedi-Science-Book-Prize-Shortlist-General-1998">Shortlist – General – 1998</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/30979" data-workid="30979" data-title="The-Third-Chimpanzee-The-Evolution-and-Future-of-the-Human-Animal" target="_top" class="" >The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal</a> (<a href="/award/759.1.4.1992/Royal-Society-Trivedi-Science-Book-Prize-Winner-General-1992">Winner – General – 1992</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218140"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/26/20/2620d1e8c3ea31a636977426d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/42/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound" class="" >ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_202c5e5e" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/42.0.1716.2009/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound-History-Cultures-2009">History & Cultures – 2009</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" target="_top" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> (<a href="/award/42.0.1712.2004/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound-Social-Sciences-2004">Social Sciences – 2004</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10692989"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/8d/52/8d52d11cca04ee8636835463741424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/678/The-Economist-Best-Books" class="" >The Economist Best Books</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_20437a26" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/678.0.0.11142/The-Economist-Best-Books-%5B2005%5D">11142</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218116"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/de/23/de23e191915a1586368304a6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/18/Amazon-com-Best-Books" class="" >Amazon.com Best Books</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_e2d8d7b1" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/18.0.0.2005/Amazon-com-Best-Books-2005">2005</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218284"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/68/53/6853ae72d0c57466376596d6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/202/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Book-of-the-Year" class="" >San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_9a0380bd" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/202.0.8.2005/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Nonfiction-2005">Nonfiction – 2005</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10240650"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/ec/58/ec58c601b63ccd7637276717077424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/361/UC-Berkeley-Summer-Reading-List" class="" >UC Berkeley Summer Reading List</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_17844698" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/1070881" data-workid="1070881" data-title="Collapse-How-Societies-Choose-to-Fail-or-Succeed" target="_top" class="" >Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a> (<a href="/award/361.0.0.2005/UC-Berkeley-Summer-Reading-List-2005">2005</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" target="_top" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> (<a href="/award/361.0.0.1999/UC-Berkeley-Summer-Reading-List-1999">1999</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218206"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/4d/b0/4db05dd7c9e07a0637141716d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/108/Torchlight-List" class="" >Torchlight List</a></div><div class="description 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