Jared Diamond
American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) 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 non-fiction. He has over 50 articles published in the scientific journal Nature, as well as a similar number in the popular magazine Discover. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals.[1]
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Born | Jared Mason Diamond (1937-09-10) September 10, 1937 (age 86) 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) |
Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology,[2] Diamond is commonly referred to as a polymath, stemming from his knowledge in many fields including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology.[3][4] 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.[5]