Book Report On Guns Germs And Steel
Guns Germs and Steele
Short Bio: Jared Diamond was born and grew up in Boston Massachusetts. He was born September 10, 1937. His father was a pediatrician that taught medical students. His father is best known for his exploration on blood diseases of children. Diamond’s mother was a pianist, teacher, and linguist. He got his love for science from his father, from his mother Diamond learned to love reading and writing. Diamond attended a small middle school/high school for 6 years. He expected to be a doctor (like his father). From his small school, diamond went to Harvard, where he began to do laboratory science research. In his Senior Year of college Diamond had to come to a decision. Would he go to medical school or would he go get a Ph.D. to prepare himself for scientific research? He chose to go get his Ph. D. After graduating college, Diamond went to live and travel Europe for 4 years. During his 4 years in Europe he travelled widely. Diamond …show more content…
Some parts of the world developed literate industrial societies with metal tools, other parts developed only nonliterate farming societies, and still others retained societies of hunter-gatherers with stone tools. Also, until the end of the last Ice Age, all peoples on all continents were what led to the technological and political inequalities of A.D. 1500. There is also the fact that cold climates require one to be more technologically interactive to survive. Because they must build a house that is warm, whereas a person can create a simpler housing with no clothing. They simply had the good luck to live in a location where they were likely to receive advances. Another explanation lists the immediate factors that enabled Europeans to kill or conquer other people- especially European guns, infectious diseases, steel tools, and manufactured products (hints the title). These are the reasons Diamond has listed straight from his
Short Bio: Jared Diamond was born and grew up in Boston Massachusetts. He was born September 10, 1937. His father was a pediatrician that taught medical students. His father is best known for his exploration on blood diseases of children. Diamond’s mother was a pianist, teacher, and linguist. He got his love for science from his father, from his mother Diamond learned to love reading and writing. Diamond attended a small middle school/high school for 6 years. He expected to be a doctor (like his father). From his small school, diamond went to Harvard, where he began to do laboratory science research. In his Senior Year of college Diamond had to come to a decision. Would he go to medical school or would he go get a Ph.D. to prepare himself for scientific research? He chose to go get his Ph. D. After graduating college, Diamond went to live and travel Europe for 4 years. During his 4 years in Europe he travelled widely. Diamond …show more content…
Some parts of the world developed literate industrial societies with metal tools, other parts developed only nonliterate farming societies, and still others retained societies of hunter-gatherers with stone tools. Also, until the end of the last Ice Age, all peoples on all continents were what led to the technological and political inequalities of A.D. 1500. There is also the fact that cold climates require one to be more technologically interactive to survive. Because they must build a house that is warm, whereas a person can create a simpler housing with no clothing. They simply had the good luck to live in a location where they were likely to receive advances. Another explanation lists the immediate factors that enabled Europeans to kill or conquer other people- especially European guns, infectious diseases, steel tools, and manufactured products (hints the title). These are the reasons Diamond has listed straight from his