Events
month | week | table | list| « | Friday February 24, 2006 | » |
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Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Event Description: Why did great civilizations collapse, and how likely is it ours will, too? How do we maximize our prosperity while avoiding ecological ruin? Jared Diamond will discuss these themes from his bestseller, Collapse. Jared Diamond won the Pulitzer Prize for his companion book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. He is professor of geography at UCLA and author of two other bestsellers, The Third Chimpanzee and Why is Sex Fun? He’s the recipient of America’s highest civilian award in science, the National Medal of Science, for his landmark research in evolutionary biology. Event Sponsor: Event Contact Name: Event Phone Contact Information: Event Email Address: Event Website: Event Fee: | ||
