This book started out OK but it quickly got excessively repetitive to me. I couldn't help but wonder if Diamond was just trying to figure out how many ways he could say the same thing. I mean, sheesh, you've already told us once do we really need to hear it again? The book could have been shorte...
This book started out OK but it quickly got excessively repetitive to me. I couldn't help but wonder if Diamond was just trying to figure out how many ways he could say the same thing. I mean, sheesh, you've already told us once do we really need to hear it again? The book could have been shorte...
I found the argument very convincing and very interesting. It definitely changed how I thought about history particularly early history.I will say that I am still somewhat skeptical of it as a unified theory of all of human history, but it clearly is an important contribution to the discussion abou...
First, I would like to preface this comment by saying that Jared Diamond is not an anthropologist nor is he an archaeologist. He's a bio-geographer who writes on a multitude of topics ranging from biology to archaeology to technology, most of which can be found synthesized in his books. While I don'...
This is one of those books that tries to ask the question of why the European civilisation managed to succeed where all other world civilisations failed. His conclusions are interesting, however we must remember that even now, fifteen years after this book was completed we are seeing an economic col...
Piper Verlag 208 Seiten ISBN: 9783492054751 16,99 € Zum Autor: Ferdinand von Schirach, geboren 1964 in München, arbeitet seit 1994 als Anwalt und Strafverteidiger in Berlin. Zu seinen Mandanten gehören Industrielle, Prominente, Angehörige der Unterwelt und ganz normale Menschen. Mit seinem Debüt “Ve...
Aqui hay varias ideas interesantes para considerar. La principal es que una sociedad desarrolla características que se relacionan profundamente con el sitio donde están asentadas. Por supuesto, solo son ideas, y están bien explicadas aunque no mantienen el interés de forma constante y hay mucha espe...
"Prehistory with a theory"If your interested in prehistory, you will be interested in this book. The author has a theory on why civilization progressed across the continents the way it did. I enjoyed "Before the Dawn" slightly more, but both books should be read by anyone interested in prehistory.
Posted on my blog (http://aboutthestory.wordpress.com/)Title: Guns, Germs, and SteelAuthor: Jared Diamond Hours (audiobook): ~5 abridged copy Summary: For anyone who has ever wondered why the heck the European and Asian civilizations were able to make ships and conquer other civilizations, this book...
So why were Eurasians the people who ended up taking over the world? This question, though he poses a good bit more eloquently, is the one that Jared Diamond sets out to answer in this book. His approach is that of a scientist, methodical and thorough, and through this he avoids the pitfalls of ra...
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