Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years by Jared DiamondMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
this book crams a lot of things into 450 odd pages..it describes a fascinating theory of how and why people evolved the way they are over past 1000's of years..the underlying trend of agriculture, animals, geography (south north vs east west) etc. are taken as basis for explaining the evolution as it has happened..story has been beautifully oven and taken from one step to another being consistent with itself and not wavering from its theory..
however, from perspective of Indian reader, what is glaringly missing is details about India and the Indus valley civilization..further, towards the end, it seems like author is trying to force-fit the causes he has enumerated into every situation and continent..still a good read as one can read this broadly and then pick up various sub-parts which interests one to study in detail and author has given loads of reference for further reading for the enthusiasts..
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