Jared Diamond(贾雷德·戴蒙德)

地质学教授 科学家 作家 普利策新闻奖获得者

他从科学实践中得出道理

普利策新闻奖获得者贾雷德·戴蒙德是少数能够与大众对话，并被大众理解的科学家。他广受好评的书籍—包括《崩溃》（Collapse）和 《枪炮、病菌和钢铁》（Guns, Germs and Steel）吸引了大量的读者，改变人们对考古学、生态学、地质学和演化生物学的看法。戴蒙德的作品包含的主题多样化且主题与主题之间跨度相当大，比如动物的驯化、吸烟和吸毒的起源、更年期的原因、印欧家庭语言的发展，以及美洲土著的取代。戴蒙德广源博学的处事方法让他在UCLA的跨领域文化下如鱼得水，这里汇集了解决最困扰人们的问题的各种技能、专业知识和思想学派。

Jared Diamond

Professor of Geography

He makes sense out of science.

Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond is that rare scientist who can speak to the public – and be understood. His critically acclaimed books – including Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel – have captivated readers and altered the way we view anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. Diamond’s work combines diverse and seemingly unconnected topics such as the domestication of animals, the origins of smoking and drug use, the reason for menopause, the development of the Indo-European family of languages, and the displacement of Native Americans. Diamond’s polymath approach is quite at home in UCLA’s interdisciplinary culture – where different skills, expertise and schools of thought converge to tackle humanity’s most vexing issues in ways that captivate the public.