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Chris OConnor Rhodes Scholar Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9314 Location: Florida Thanks: 121 Thanked: 37 times in 30 posts Gender: Country:	Links, links and more links... www.wwnorton.com/rgguides/gunsgerms.htm This site has some interesting questions we could discuss. You'll also find information about the author, Jared Diamond. econ161.berkeley.edu/Teaching_Folder/Econ_210b/Mokyr_on_Diamond.html A review of the book by Joel Mokyr, Departments of Economics and History, Northwestern University. www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/ml_ggs.html A review by Michael Levin, Department of Philosophy of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A picture of Jared Diamond. www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/diamond.html Site with information about Jared Diamond and the books he has written...also the site from which I snagged the above picture. www.paulagordon.com/shows/diamond/ A great site with author interviews. dannyreviews.com/h/Guns_Germs_Steel.html A review by Danny Yee. 149.142.237.180/faculty/diamond.htm Jared Diamond's web site at the UCLA School of Medicine. www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/general-non-fiction/bio/ Professor Diamond receiving the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for this book! Chris
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