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Liked It 3 of 3 members found this review helpful Rated 5 stars “I love it when I find a book that takes theories from several various disciplines and blends them into a totally new perspective. Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel is an inspired work that merges geology, archeaology, history, biology, agriculture, and anthropology (am I missing anything?!) into a...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “i'm reading it for school and it's interesting but not my forte.”

  Caroline M wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A very good, concise overview of 13,000 years of history crammed into roughly 400 pages. Jared Diamond makes the case that environmental factors have shaped the development of human history far more than any inherent superiority for any given civilization, and more importantly, makes the case for human history to be studied rigorously as a science.”

  Brian Reitz wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Makes you smarter just reading the first few chapters. Feel like a freakin' genious once compleated. Very good book, easy to pick, hard to put down.”

  Jym Donovan wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “I kept waiting for an indepth discussion of guns, germs and steel. The title should be "food production, geography and domestic animals" Interesting but it pounded its few point over and over. Compelling question, why didn't the aboriginal australians colonize europe rather than the other way around.”

  Sandy B wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Diamond attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations have gained dominance, and denies the existence of genetic superiority. He also argues that the gaps in power between human societies originated in environmental differences. These advantages were only created due to the influence of geography. He proposes several explanations to account for lopsided distributions of power and achievements in history.”

  Sigma 7 Science-Teaching wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Great book on learning about society and how we have shaped our world.
  Must read!”

  Takatoshi S wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A well written, thoroughly-researched and gripping account of how we got here.”

  Carlos F wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “This is a must read for all human beings.”

  Richard N wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A great overview of human History”

  Mike P wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “One of my favourite books ever. Important discussion about how it is that the world has come to be "West-o-centric"; perhaps takes some wind out of the overly political correct view that we're all equal. ”

  Ted S wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No