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Libro 2 de 3: Civilizations Rise and Fall

Diamond, Jared

 
9780143036555: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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ISBN 10: 0143036556 ISBN 13: 9780143036555
Editorial: Penguin, 2006

Sinopsis

A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, includes coverage of such cultures as the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, climate change, poor political choices, and other factors that were pivotal to their demise. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

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Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Among Dr. Diamond’s many awards are the National Medal of Science, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Japan's Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the Lewis Thomas Prize honoring the Scientist as Poet, presented by Rockefeller University. He has published more than two hundred articles and his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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Editorial
Penguin
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0143036556
ISBN 13 
9780143036555
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Número de páginas
576
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