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| Born | Jared Mason Diamond September 10, 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Fields | Physiology, biophysics, ornithology, environmental science, history, ecology, geography, evolutionary biology, and anthropology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Concentrating activity of the gall-bladder (1961) |
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937)[1] is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant, and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books. His best known is Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals.[2]
Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology,[3] Diamond has published in many fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology.[4][5] In 1999, he received the National Medal of Science, an honor bestowed by the President of the United States and the National Science Foundation. As of 2024, he is a professor of geography at UCLA.[6]
- ^ "The Man Who Knows Too Much".
- ^ "Prospect/FP Top 100 Public Intellectuals Results". Foreign Policy. October 15, 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Diamond, Jared (2005). Collapse. Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-14-303655-5.
- ^ Rothenberg, Randall (July 1, 2001). "Jared Diamond: The Thought Leader Interview". strategy+business. Booz & Company. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Anthony, Andrew (April 21, 2019). "Jared Diamond: So how do states recover from crises? Same way as people do". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ Al-Khalili, Jim (December 4, 2012). "Jared Diamond". The Life Scientific; "Jared Diamond". Discovery. January 12, 2013.