In 1998, Guns, Germs, and Steel won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book, and produced by the National Geographic Society, was broadcast on PBS in July 2005.
When was Guns Germs and Steel published?
1997
Guns, Germs, and Steel/Originally published
First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies. ‘ Within a few months, this subtitle had evolved into ‘A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years. ‘
What is the documentary Guns Germs and Steel about?
Based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, Guns, Germs and Steel traces humanity’s journey over the last 13,000 years – from the dawn of farming at the end of the last Ice Age to the realities of life in the twenty-first century.
Who narrated Guns Germs and Steel?
Doug Ordunio
Product details
| Listening Length | 16 hours and 20 minutes |
|---|---|
| Author | Jared Diamond |
| Narrator | Doug Ordunio |
| Audible.com Release Date | January 18, 2011 |
| Publisher | Random House Audio |
What is the major conclusion of Guns Germs and Steel?
The main conclusion of the book is that the success of one group of people in developing civilization earlier, and in eventually displacing others, is due to their good fortune of having locally available plants and animals that were suitable for domestication.
What is the main ideas of Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel?
Jared Diamond’s basic theory is that some countries developed more rapidly than others and were able to expand and conquer much of the world because of geographic luck.
