Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond is an American scientist, author, anthropologist, and teacher. He is from Boston, Massachusetts. He went to Harvard College.  He has written many books including "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" which was his 3rd book but most popular out of all of them. He specializes in the Gall Bladder.  He’s made many trips to New Guinea.  He currently teaches at UCLA. In 2008, he wrote an article for The New Yorker. Two men that were stated in the article a year later sued Diamond for 10 million dollars. 

"Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" is a book written by Jared Diamond.  It was published in 1997. It’s won a Pulitzer award and the prize for best science. In 2005, a National Geographic special on aired on the book. In the book, he discusses why on different continents history has been discovered and told differently.  He talks about Eurasia and the different agricultural advantages it has. One of them is grain in which it can be stored for a long period of time so it can be used and bought more.  He has sold millions of copies worldwide.