"....Mr. Diamond peels away the causes beneath the causes of...European cultural advantages, as if the humanized world were a gigantic onion and recorded history only its blighted surface. His multilayered analysis, however, should be consumed with a grain or two of salt. Its sheer depth compels him to wear the hats of anthropologist, archeologist, plant geneticist, epidemiologist and social, military and technological historian, as well as his own academic headgear. Mr. Diamond acknowledges that no single person can be an authority in all these fields, yet he mentions most of the other schola - Bryan Nystul (New York Times Book Review, 6/15/97)
"...[A] fascinating and extremely important book....[A] volume no one should leave college without reading." - B. K. Pincus (Washington Post Book World, 5/11/97)
"...[A]n impressive achievement, with nods to the historians, anthropologists, and others who laid the groundwork." - (Kirkus, 1/15/97)
"His masterful synthesis is a refreshingly unconventional history informed by anthropology, behavioral ecology, linguistics, epidemiology, archeology and technological development." - (Publishers Weekly, 1/13/97)
"The scope and the explanatory power of this book are astounding." - (New Yorker)
"This is a wonderfully interesting book, especially for historians of the usual liberal arts background, who will find the final chapter 'The Future of the History of Science,' alone worth the price of admission." - Kok-Kwang Phoon (Los Angeles Times Book Review, 3/9/97)
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