Jared Diamond: 25 books

"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern...

Der Weltbestseller als erweiterte Neuausgabe!Die überwucherten Tempelruinen von Angkor Wat, die zerfallenden Pyramiden der Maya in Yucatan und die rätselhaften Moai-Statuen der Osterinsel – sie alle sind stille Zeugen von einstmals blühenden Kulturen, die irgendwann verschwanden. Doch was waren...

At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us from other animals, eventually creating language, art, religion, bicycles, spacecraft, and nuclear weapons—all within a heartbeat of evolutionary time. Now, faced with the threat of nuclear...

L’uomo e manifestamente diverso da tutti gli altri animali. Lo è soprattutto grazie al controllo assoluto (o quasi) che ha conseguito sulla natura, un controllo che si esprime nelle forme più peculiari della nostra civiltà. Alle capacità esclusive che hanno fatto dell’Homo sapiens il padrone...

De beschaving waaruit onze huidige gemoderniseerde samenleving is ontstaan, begon zon 11.000 jaar geleden in het Midden-Oosten. Van kleine, losse gemeenschappen van jagers-verzamelaars ontwikkelde de mensheid zich in millennia tot onze huidige geglobaliseerde maatschappij. Het hoogland van Nieuw-Guinea...

In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment” or “comparative method”—well-known in any science concerned with the past—on the discipline of human history. That means,...

El tercer chimpancé es una explosiva crítica de la naturaleza humana y un esperanzado alegato en favor de la supervivencia de la humanidad. En la actualidad coexisten en la Tierra tres especies de géneros Homo: el Homo troglodytes o chimpancé común, el Homo paniscus o chimpancé enano, y el tercer...

In 1660 Samuel Pepys, an increasingly-important 26 year-old civil servant in London, began writing his diary. He stopped a decade later. This site contains the full text of his diary, along with several letters sent or received by Pepys, plus thousands of pages of further information about the people, places and things in his world.

La crisi economica e di ideali che stiamo attraversando obbliga a un ripensamento complessivo del nostro modo di abitare il mondo e vivere in comune. Otto saggi preziosi indicano strade e pratiche nuove da percorrereper un mondo che cambia molto velocemente, sotto il nostro sguardo ora distratto ora...

歷史上到底發生了什麼事，讓世界這麼不平等？ 「我們這個時代的達爾文」賈德‧戴蒙經典不墜之作 最具原創性與影響力的一萬三千年人類簡史 榮獲普立茲獎、英國皇家學會科學圖書獎、紐約時報暢銷書 36國語言譯本，全球銷售超過數百萬冊 ｜25週年暢銷紀念版｜ 為什麼現代社會中的財富和權力分配，是以今日此種面貌呈現？ 為何越過大洋殺戮、征服和滅絕的，不是美洲、非洲的土著，而是歐洲人和亞洲人？ 歷史上到底發生了什麼事，導致現代世界的不平等？ 透過生物地理學、演化生物學、語言學、文化人類學等科學的視野，賈德．戴蒙帶領讀者橫跨一萬三千年，探索不同族群的發展軌跡。本書挑戰了傳統史觀，出版至今傳誦不墜、激起無數討論，本身即是人類文明的重大進展。閱讀本書，不但能明白現代世界的生成，亦將使未來世界的樣貌更為明晰。 ／建構人類文明的發展軌跡　剖析社會不平等的起源 今天的世界現況，其實早在一萬三千年前就決定了。 賈德．戴蒙做出了重要的提醒：各洲社會、文化的巨大歧異不在生物基因本身，而在環境的差異。他嘗試探討主宰人類社會的關鍵，認為各大洲「自然資源」的不平等，正是造就至今社會文明發展落差的主因。從本書作者三十多年的思考脈絡中，不僅解釋了「槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵」何以成為文明擴張、族群鬥爭的利器，更闡述了地理環境條件為什麼足以決定人類的歷史命運。 好評推薦 本書不但在理解人類歷史層面充滿了魅力，也精彩地描寫了如何運用起步優勢，在高度競爭的環境中獲得早期成功。為商業界以及對科技成功之道感興趣的人士，提供了極具參考性的範例。──比爾．蓋茲（Bill...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Upheaval, a fun and wide-ranging exploration of why human sexuality is so different from other animals', and how it made us who we are To us humans, the sex lives of animals seem weird. But it's our own sex lives that are truly bizarre. We are the...