Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies in Science and Inquiry

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

Jared Diamond

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

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Jun 09, 2018 Katy rated it really liked it

Shelves: math-science, pulitzers-nonfiction, pulitzer-2018-challenge

A good read and interesting information.

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Sep 24, 2013 Lauren rated it it was ok

Interesting, but not exactly a pleasant read.

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Jul 26, 2014 Eric Bingham rated it liked it

This book was both incredibly fascinating and horribly boring. There were a lot of great concepts, but Diamond kind of beats those concepts to death before moving on. There was also a lot of repetition. I mean LOTS of repetition. I mean that he would say the same thing over and over again. He just kept repeating himself but using slightly different phrases. He found an amazing concept and then talked about the same thing over and over. There was so much repetition. He repeated ideas... well, you ...more

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Feb 26, 2010 Evan Crane rated it really liked it

Shelves: history, science

The environment is important for explaining the development of civilizations and the disparity amongst cultures.

Good read. Jared Diamond is a remarkable fellow

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