Blog Day Fifty- Two: Intro to Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today in class we started our final unit of Human Geography. We started learning about Guns, Germs, and Steel. At first glance these words seem like they don't mix. After a Google search I found of that these four words are the title of a book written by Jared Diamond in 1997. Jared Diamond is a very interesting person, kind of like Hans Rosling. Diamond is a professor at UCLA, a biologist, and a specialist in human physiology. Although you might think that those careers take up most time in his life, Diamond's real passion is studying birds. He even goes as far as Papua New Guinea to study them. He is currently the leading expert on birds on the island. While visiting the island, a native named Yali asked Diamond, "Why do you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineas have so little?" This question intrigued Diamond and he started to wonder why there was such a difference in development between places like Papua New Guinea and places like the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Those thoughts lead to Diamond writing the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."