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ISBN: 9780143036555
En su exitoso libro 'Guns, Germs, and Steel', Jared Diamond examinó cómo y por qué las civilizaciones occidentales desarrollaron las tecnologías e inmunidades que les permitieron dominar gran parte del mundo. Ahora, en este brillante volumen complementario, Diamond investiga el otro lado de la ecuación: ¿qué causó que algunas de las grandes civilizaciones del pasado se derrumbaran en la ruina y qué podemos aprender de sus destinos? El autor presenta algunos análisis provocativos de los problemas ambientales actuales en Australia, Estados Unidos y China.

Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably 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.
