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1、GUNS,GERMSANDSTEELTHEFATESOFHUMANSOCIETIESJaredDiamondW.W.Norton&CompanyNewYorkLondonMorepraiseforGuns,Germs,andSteel"Noscientistbringsmoreexperiencefromthelaboratoryandfield,nonethinksmoredeeplyaboutsocialissuesoraddressesthemwithgreaterclar•ity,thanJaredDiamondasillustratedbyGuns,Germs,andSt
2、eel.Inthisremarkablyreadablebookheshowshowhistoryandbiologycanenrichoneanothertoproduceadeeperunderstandingofthehumancondition."—EdwardO.Wilson,PellegrinoUniversityProfessor,HarvardUniversity"Serious,groundbreakingbiologicalstudiesofhumanhistoryonlyseemtocomealongonceeverygenerationorso....Now
3、JaredDiamondmustbeaddedtotheirselectnumber....Diamondmeshestechnologicalmasterywithhistoricalsweep,anecdotaldelightwithbroadconceptualvision,andcommandofsourceswithcreativeleaps.Nofinerworkofitskindhasbeenpublishedthisyear,orformanypast."—MartinSieff,WashingtonTimes"[Diamond's]masterfulsynthes
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6、'tdocredittotheimmensesubtletyofthisbook."—DavidBrown,WashingtonPostBookWorld"Deservestheattentionofanyoneconcernedwiththehistoryofmankindatitsmostfundamentallevel.Itisanepochalwork.Diamondhaswrittenasummaryofhumanhistorythatcanbeaccounted,forthetimebeing,asDarwinianinitsauthority."—ThomasM.Di
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