Guns, Germs, and SteelRecommendations
About the book
"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."―Bill Gates
In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.
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.
People recommending Guns, Germs, and Steel
What readers say about ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’
Jesse Williams on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations."”
Jamie Dimon on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.”
Charlie Munger on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.”
James Clear on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time."”
Daniel Ek on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"A brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents."”
Joe Rogan on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"An amazing book."”
Margaret Atwood on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"Also does pandemics."”
Simon Sinek on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"Offers us a new and remarkably simple way of looking at our world."”
Stewart Brand on Guns, Germs, and Steel
“"The main [book by this author]."”
