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Jared Diamond

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May 8, 2000, 6:00 pm
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Dr. Jared M. Diamond is Professor of Geography, Environmental Health Sciences, and Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the nation’s foremost scientists, he excels at combining his knowledge of physiology, ecology, conservation biology, and human history to address complex environmental problems. Since 1977, he has been devoting much of his time to popular science writing in order to convey understanding of important scientific issues to the general public. He has published eight books, two monographs, and nearly 600 articles. In 1998, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, which was a national best seller.

He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His book on human evolution, The Third Chimpanzee, won Britain’s Science Book Prize and the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize. Dr. Diamond also serves on the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund and is a contributing editor to Discover magazine.

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