Jared Diamond

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author book geographer historian human university professor

Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

Aliases (1)

Guns, Germs, and Steel ×3

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instanceOf	author → book → geographer → historian → human → university professor →
academicDiscipline	geography → physiology →
author	Jared Diamond →
awardReceived	National Medal of Science → Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science → Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction → Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction → Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1937-09-10 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Trinity College, University of Cambridge →
employer	University of California, Los Angeles →
familyName	Diamond →
fieldOfWork	anthropology → environmental history → evolutionary biology → geography → ornithology →
genre	non-fiction → popular science →
givenName	Jared →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Jared Diamond →
notableIdea	environmental factors shaping societal development → geographic determinism in human history →
notableWork	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed → Guns, Germs, and Steel → The Third Chimpanzee → The World Until Yesterday → Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis → Why Is Sex Fun? →
occupation	author → geographer → historian → professor →
placeOfBirth	Boston →
spouse	Marie Cohen Diamond →
workLocation	Los Angeles →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Around the World in Five Chapters → Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed → Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed → Guns, Germs, and Steel → Guns, Germs, and Steel → Guns, Germs, and Steel → The Third Chimpanzee → The Third Chimpanzee → The World Until Yesterday → The World Until Yesterday → Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis → Why Is Sex Fun? →	author
Around the World in Five Chapters →	authorOfContainingWork
Scientific American →	hasNotableContributor
Jared Diamond →	name
Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science →	notableRecipient
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction →	notableWinner
Why Is Sex Fun? →	writtenBy