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Jared Mason Diamond is a physiologist, ecologist, and the author of several popular science books. Born in Boston in 1937, Diamond earned his B.A. at Harvard and his Ph.D. from Cambridge. A distinguished teacher and researcher, Diamond is well-known for the columns he contributes to the widely read mostrar más magazines Natural History and Discover. Diamond's book The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal was heralded for its accessibility and for its blending of science and social science. The interdisciplinary Guns, Germs and Steel--Diamond's examination of the relationship between scientific technology and economic disparity--won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize. Diamond has won a McArthur Foundation Fellowship in addition to several smaller awards for his science and writing. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Jared Diamond

El mundo Hasta Ayer (Spanish Edition) (2012) — Autor — 2,023 copias
Natural Experiments of History (2010) — Editor — 136 copias
Sociedades comparadas (2016) 18 copias
Community Ecology (1986) 9 copias
Seks Neden Keyiflidir (2016) 2 copias
Writing Right 1 copia
Father's Milk 1 copia
Easter's End 1 copia
Turning A Man 1 copia
Inventer pour le XXIe siècle (2011) — Contribuidor — 1 copia

Obras relacionadas

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008) — Contribuidor — 803 copias
What Evolution Is (2001) — Prólogo — 734 copias
The Best American Essays 2004 (2004) — Contribuidor — 289 copias
El Nuevo Humanismo (2003) — Contribuidor — 230 copias
1000 Events That Shaped the World (2007) — Prólogo — 120 copias
Guns, Germs, and Steel [2005 TV mini series] (2005) — Orignal book — 48 copias
The Living Bird: 100 Years of Listening to Nature (2015) — Contribuidor — 40 copias
Penguin Green Ideas Collection (2021) — Contribuidor — 10 copias

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Nombre legal
Diamond, Jared Mason
Otros nombres
DIAMOND, Jared Mason
DIAMOND, Jared M.
DIAMOND, Jared
Fecha de nacimiento
1937-09-10
Género
male
Nacionalidad
EE.UU.
País (para mapa)
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Educación
Roxbury Latin School
Harvard University (BA | 1958)
University of Cambridge (PhD | Physiology and Biophysics | 1961)
Ocupaciones
evolutionary biologist
physiologist
biogeographer
Professor of Physiology
environmentalist
anthropologist (mostrar todos 9)
ornithologist
linguist
science writer
Relaciones
Cohen, Marie Nabel (wife)
Diamond, Josh (son)
Diamond, Max (son)
Organizaciones
American Philosophical Society
World Wildlife Fund
University of California, Los Angeles
The Skeptics Society
Premios y honores
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Lannan Literary Award (1999)
California Book Awards (1998)
Elliott Coues Award (1998)
Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Prize (1997) (mostrar todos 21)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2002)
Randi Award (1994)
Zoological Society of San Diego Conservation Medal (1993)
Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize (1992)
Tanner Lecturer (1992)
Archie Carr Medal (1989)
MacArthur Fellowship (1985)
Franklin L. Burr Award (1979)
Nathaniel Bowditch Prize (1976)
Kaiser Permanente/Golden Apple Teaching Award (1976)
Distinguished Achievement Award, 1975
Distinguished Teaching Award, 1972, 1973
Prize Fellowship, 1961
National Medal of Science (1999)
Kew International Medal, 2012
Biografía breve
Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles ... began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. [from Guns, Germs, and Steel (2005)]
JARED DIAMOND is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Until recently he was Professor of Physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is the author of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?; Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the widely acclaimed Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies, which also is the winner of Britain's 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize.

Dr. Diamond is also the author of two other trade books: The Third Chimpanzee, which won The Los Angeles Times Book award for the best science book of 1992 and Britain's 1992 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize; and Why is Sex Fun? (ScienceMasters Series).

Dr. Diamond is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship ("Genius Award"); research prizes of the American Physiological Society, National Geographic Society, and Zoological Society of San Diego; and many teaching awards and endowed public lectureships. In addition, he has been elected a member of all three of the leading national scientific/academic honorary societies (National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society).

His field experience includes 17 expeditions to New Guinea and neighboring islands, to study ecology and evolution of birds; rediscovery of New Guinea's long-lost goldenfronted bowerbird; other field projects in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. As a conservationist he devised a comprehensive plan, almost all of which was subsequently implemented, for Indonesian New Guinea's national park system; numerous field projects for the Indonesian government and World Wildlife Fund; founding member of the board of the Society of Conservation Biology; member of the Board of Directors of World Wildlife Fund/USA.

http://edge.org/memberbio/jared_diamo...

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¿Cómo fue la evolución de la humanidad? ¿Cuáles fueron los factores que influyeron en dicha evolución? ¿Por qué unos pueblos avanzaron hacia la civilización y otros quedaron estancados?
 
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Natt90 | 372 reseñas más. | Dec 11, 2022 |
No hay una autoridad más preparada y competente que Jared Diamond, reconocido experto en el campo de la fisiología, para responder a estas y otras inquietantes preguntas. Con su amena y fascinante experiencia científica, Diamond analiza la desconcertante evolución que ha configurado la sexualidad de los seres humanos, tan diferente al resto de especies animales.
 
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Natt90 | 19 reseñas más. | Dec 7, 2022 |
Jared Diamond culmina su trilogía con un sobrecogedor estudio de cómo las naciones más poderosas afrontan sus horas más oscuras. En Armas, gérmenes y acero y en Colapso, Jared Diamond ya revolucionó nuestra visión del auge y la caída de las civilizaciones. Ahora, el autor concluye su sensacional trilogía adentrándose en una dimensión psicológica que complementa el impresionante universo histórico, geográfico y económico recogido en su obra. El resultado es este revelador estudio comparativo de cómo seis países han sobrevivido en su historia reciente a crisis decisivas mediante un duro proceso de autoevaluación y transformación. Diamond identifica patrones en la superación de la adversidad y, dirigiendo su mirada hacia el futuro, plantea que quizás el mundo esté desperdiciando sus recursos y embarcándose en un viaje de conflicto político y declive. Una narración tan épica como irresistible.… (más)
 
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bibliotecayamaguchi | 23 reseñas más. | Sep 19, 2022 |
this is a brilliantly written, passionate, whirlwind tour through 13,000 years of history on all the continents -a short history of everything about everybody. The origins of empires, religion, writing, crops, and guns are all here. By at last providing a convincing explanation for the differing developments of human societies on different continents, the book demolishes the grounds for racist theories of history. Its account of how the modern world was formed is full of lessons for our own future. After reading the first two pages, you won't be ablo tu put it down.… (más)
 
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Daniel464 | 372 reseñas más. | Sep 28, 2021 |

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