Jared M. Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author, known for his work in ecology, biogeography, and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at UCLA and has written numerous popular science books that draw from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. His most notable works include "Guns, Germs, and Steel," which won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
Awards
['MacArthur Fellowship (1985)', 'Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (1997)', 'Pulitzer Prize (1998)', 'International Cosmos Prize (1998)', 'National Medal of Science (1999)', 'Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2001)', 'Royal Society Prize for Science Books (1992, 1998, 2006)', 'Wolf Prize in Agriculture (2013)', 'Guggenheim Fellowship (1998)', 'Groeneveld Award (2004)', 'Humanist of the Year (2016)', 'Dickson Prize in Science (2007)', 'Environment Book Prize (2007)', 'Blue Planet Prize (2019)', 'Elliott Coues Award (1998)']
Notable Works
['The Third Chimpanzee (1991)', 'Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997)', 'Why is Sex Fun? (1997)', 'Collapse (2005)', 'Natural Experiments of History (2010)', 'The World Until Yesterday (2012)', 'Upheaval (2019)']
