Biographie de Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is one of America's most remarkable scholars. After training in laboratory biological science he became Professor of Physiology at UCLA Medical School in 1966. He is equally celebrated for his brilliant contributions to ecology and evolutionary biology, and for his explorations of remote parts of New Guinea. In his fifties he developed a third career in environmental history, becoming Professor of Geography and of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA.
His bestselling and prize-winning books include The Third Chimpanzee and Why is Sex Fun? His awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction.