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图书标准信息

• 作者 Jared Diamond 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2011-06
• ISBN 9780241958681
• 定价 130.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 608页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromgroundbreakingwriterandthinkerJaredDiamondcomestheepic,visionarybook,nowinarevisededitionwithanewafterword,onthemysteriouscollapseofpastcivilizations-andwhatthismeansforourfuture.Whydosomesocietiesflourish,whileothersfounder?Whathappenedtothepeoplewhomadetheforlornlong-abandonedstatuesofEasterIslandortothearchitectsofthecrumblingMayapyramids?Andwillwegothesameway,ourskyscrapersonedaystandingderelictandovergrownlikethetemplesatAngkorWat?Bringingtogethernewevidencefromastartlingrangeofsourcesandpiecingtogetherthemyriadinfluences,fromclimatetoculture,thatmakesocietiesself-destruct,"Collapse"alsoshowshowunlikeourancestorswecanbenefitfromourknowledgeofthepastandlearntobesurvivors.

【作者简介】

JaredDiamondisProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.UntilrecentlyhewasProfessorofPhysiologyattheUCLASchoolofMedicine.HeisthePulitzerPrize-winningauthorofthewidelyacclaimedGuns,Germs,andSteel:theFatesofHumanSocieties,whichalsoisthewinnerofBritain's1998Rhone-PoulencScienceBookPrize.