Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond

11 mentors recommend this 528 pages

An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question.

ISBN: 9780736656665

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 11

Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek

Technology

"A brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents. I like how this is written from a biologist’s point of view rather than purely based on history or anthropology."

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"A brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents."

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Patrick Arnold

Science & Research

"Gave a big eye opening on why certain people of the world are more advanced than others and behave a certain way, as opposed to just genetics and this person is smarter because of this or that."

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Jesse Williams

Entertainment

"Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations."

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."

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Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

Finance & Investing

"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."

Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Offers us a new and remarkably simple way of looking at our world."

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Mark Manson

Mark Manson

Content Creator

"Mark Manson recommended this book on his website."

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James Clear

James Clear

Author

"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time."

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Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon

Finance & Investing

"On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books."

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