For those of you in the Boston area, the author of Guns Germs and Steel, and Collapse is giving 3 talks at Harvard this week.
Wednsday, March 8
Continental differences in human history
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
8:00 PM
Hall B, The Science Center, Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Thursday, March 9
Problem solving by human societies
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
12:00 PM
Fairchild Lecture Hall, Harvard University
7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
Friday, March 10
A Surprise -- final lecture
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
5:00 PM
Biolabs Lecture Hall, Harvard University
16 Divinity Ave.
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