Guns, Germs, and Steel

I think Mr. Schick wants us to learn about Jared Diamond because he is a 75-year-old scientist.  He is from Boston, Massachusetts and went to school at Harvard University.  Now, he teaches at UCLA in Las Angeles California.  He studied Ornithology and Anthropology.  He also has a P.H.D. in philosophy and geography.  Jared Diamond wrote several books.  One of which is a best seller.  This book is called Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society.  He went to Papua New Guinea to study exotic birds.  Instead, he ended up studying the way the people there lived.  He has traveled all over the world.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society is one of the bestselling books that Jared Diamond wrote.  It was written in 1997.  This book was so good that it won the highest award that books can receive.  This award is called the Pulitzer Prize.  This book has also been made into a documentary or a movie.  The book attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations have survived conquered others.  I don’t know why the book has the title that is does.  I hope Mr. Schick will tell us tomorrow.