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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Elonka at 7:06 pm EST, Mar 2, 2004 |
] In this "artful, informative, and delightful" book, Jared Diamond
] convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors
] shaped the modern world. A major advance in our
] understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel
] chronicles the way that the modern world came to be ...
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] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in
] Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of
] California's Gold Medal. Jeremy writes:
and also, the author is Elonka's cousin! Elonka writes:
Yup, I'm proud of Jared! His earlier book The Third Chimpanzee is a fascinating read too, if you get a chance. He goes over the near identical genetic makeup that humans and apes have, and then takes a really close look at the tiny 2% difference. The book analyzes how that miniscule amount could be responsible for all the obvious differences: Music, architecture, language, sexual behaviors, and on and on. Interesting stuff! |
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RE: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by BridgetAG at 7:33 pm EST, Mar 2, 2004 |
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] Jeremy writes:
] and also, the author is Elonka's cousin! No way! I heard him talk last year at an Edge event in LA, I think Jeremy was there too. He told an amusing story about some tribesmen who put little bamboo poles on their phalluses to represent there mood. It might be long with feathers and decorations, or something more modest for an off day. It tied in somehow with Jaron Lanier's talk about post-symbolic communication. Wow, mixing you and Jared and your Mom, what an interesting family you have. I bet the Thanksgiving dinner conversation is actually REALLY interesting! Soemone should make a short movie.... |
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RE: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Elonka at 7:52 pm EST, Mar 2, 2004 |
BridgetAG wrote:
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] ] Jeremy writes:
] ] and also, the author is Elonka's cousin!
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] No way! I heard him talk last year at an Edge event in LA, I
] think Jeremy was there too.
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] Wow, mixing you and Jared and your Mom, what an interesting
] family you have. I bet the Thanksgiving dinner conversation is
] actually REALLY interesting! Soemone should make a short
] movie.... Heh, actually, with my family, the trick is getting everybody in the same city at one time. My mom might be off doing research in Croatia, my dad might be doing World Bank work in one of the "-ykistans", Jared's off talking to tribespeople in New Guinea, etc. We like seeing each other when it's possible, but the rest of the time it's more a case of walking into the house and asking, "So, who's actually here in the country right now?" ;) |
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jeremy at 8:57 am EST, Mar 2, 2004 |
In this "artful, informative, and delightful" book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be ... Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal. and also, the author is Elonka's cousin! |
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