The World Until Yesterday

Diamond, Jared

ISBN 10: 1611761476 ISBN 13: 9781611761474

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2012

Riassunto

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Collapse draws on decades of field work in the Pacific islands and other world regions to illuminate the degree to which modern society reflects traditional cultures from earlier and ancient time periods, offering insight into how historical approaches to universal problems can inform today's people. Simultaneous.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. Among his many awards are the National Medal of Science, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Japan’s Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the Lewis Thomas Prize honoring the Scientist as Poet, presented by The Rockefeller University. His previous books include Why Is Sex Fun?, The Third Chimpanzee, Collapse, The World Until Yesterday, and Guns, Germs, and Steel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1611761476
• ISBN 13: 9781611761474
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
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