Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991), Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) and The World Until Yesterday (2012). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond's work is known for drawing from a variety of fields, and he is currently Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Jared Diamond bibliography includes both his scientific and popular works, as well as items about him and his work.
As of 2012, the Microsoft Academic Search database lists 538 publications with Diamond as an author, including collaborations with 343 co-authors.
Books
1972 Avifauna of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea, Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. 12, Cambridge, Mass., pp. 438.[1]
1975 M. L. Cody and J. M. Diamond, eds. Ecology and Evolution of Communities. Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
1979 J. M. Diamond and M. LeCroy. Birds of Karkar and Bagabag Islands, New Guinea. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 164:469–531
1984 J. M. Diamond. The Avifaunas of Rennell and Bellona Islands. The Natural History of Rennell Islands, British Solomon Islands 8:127–168
1986 J. M. Diamond and T. J. Case. eds. Community Ecology. Harper and Row, New York
1986 B. Beehler, T. Pratt, D. Zimmerman, H. Bell, B. Finch, J. M. Diamond, and J. Coe. Birds of New Guinea. Princeton University Press,Princeton
1992 The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal, ISBN 0-06-098403-1
1997 Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality, ISBN 0-465-03127-7
1997 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-06131-0
2001 The Birds of Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology, & Biogeography (with Ernst Mayr), ISBN 0-19-514170-9
2003 Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion, ISBN 1-58663-863-7.
2005 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-303655-6.
2010 Natural Experiments of History (with James A. Robinson). ISBN 0-674-03557-7 ISBN 978-0674035577
2012 The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? ISBN 978-0713998986.
2015 The Third Chimpanzee for Young People: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal, Seven Stories Press, ISBN 9781609806118.
Articles
Pidot, A. L.; Diamond, J. M. (1964). "Streaming Potentials in a Biological Membrane". Nature. 201: 701–702. doi:10.1038/201701a0. PMID 14134715.
Berg, H. C.; Diamond, J. M.; Marfey, P. S. (1965). "Erythrocyte membrane: Chemical modification". Science. 150 (3692): 64–67. doi:10.1126/science.150.3692.64. PMID 5833537.
Diamond, J. M. (1966). "Zoological Classification System of a Primitive People". Science. 151 (3714): 1102–1104. doi:10.1126/science.151.3714.1102. PMID 17739593.
Diamond, J. M.; Tormey, J. M. (1966). "Role of long extracellular channels in fluid transport across epithelia". Nature. 210 (5038): 817–820. doi:10.1038/210817a0. PMID 5334988.
Diamond, J. M.; Bossert, W. H. (1967). "Standing-Gradient Osmotic Flow: A mechanism for coupling of water and solute transport in epithelia". The Journal of General Physiology. 50 (8): 2061–2083. doi:10.1085/jgp.50.8.2061. PMC 2225765. PMID 6066064.
Cooke, I. M.; Diamond, J. M.; Grinnell, A. D.; Hagiwara, S.; Sakata, H. (1968). "Suppression of the action potential in nerve by nitrobenzene derivatives". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 60 (2): 470–477. doi:10.1073/pnas.60.2.470. PMC 225071. PMID 5248806.
Diamond, J. M.; Wright, E. M. (1969). "Biological Membranes: The Physical Basis of ION and Nonelectrolyte Selectivity". Annual Review of Physiology. 31: 581–646. doi:10.1146/annurev.ph.31.030169.003053. PMID 4885777.
Diamond, J. M. (1969). "Avifaunal equilibria and species turnover rates on the channel islands of california". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 64 (1): 57–63. doi:10.1073/pnas.64.1.57. PMC 286125. PMID 16591783.
Diamond, J. M. (1970). "Ecological consequences of island colonization by southwest pacific birds, I. Types of niche shifts". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 67 (2): 529–536. doi:10.1073/pnas.67.2.529. PMC 283240. PMID 16591871.
Diamond, J. M. (1970). "Ecological consequences of island colonization by southwest Pacific birds. II. The effect of species diversity on total population density". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 67 (4): 1715–1721. doi:10.1073/pnas.67.4.1715. PMC 283417. PMID 5275372.
Diamond, J. M. (1971). "Comparison of faunal equilibrium turnover rates on a tropical island and a temperate island". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 68 (11): 2742–2745. doi:10.1073/pnas.68.11.2742. PMC 389514. PMID 16591954.
Diamond, JM (1972). "Biogeographic kinetics: estimation of relaxation times for avifaunas of southwest pacific islands". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 69 (11): 3199–203. Bibcode:1972PNAS...69.3199D. doi:10.1073/pnas.69.11.3199. PMC 389735. PMID 16592024.
Diamond, J. M. (1973). "Distributional Ecology of New Guinea Birds: Recent ecological and biogeographical theories can be tested on the bird communities of New Guinea". Science. 179 (4075): 759–769. doi:10.1126/science.179.4075.759. PMID 17806285.
Dix, J. A.; Diamond, J. M.; Kivelson, D. (1974). "Translational diffusion coefficient and partition coefficient of a spin-labeled solute in lecithin bilayer membranes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 71 (2): 474–478. doi:10.1073/pnas.71.2.474. PMC 388029. PMID 4360944.
Moreno, J. H.; Diamond, J. M. (1974). "Role of hydrogen bonding in organic cation discrimination by gallbladder epithelium". Nature. 247 (5440): 368–369. doi:10.1038/247368a0. PMID 4544737.
Diamond, J. M. (1974). "Colonization of Exploded Volcanic Islands by Birds: The Supertramp Strategy". Science. 184 (4138): 803–806. doi:10.1126/science.184.4138.803. PMID 17783475.
Lewis, S. A.; Diamond, J. M. (1975). "Active sodium transport by mammalian urinary bladder". Nature. 253 (5494): 747–748. doi:10.1038/253747a0. PMID 1113870.
Diamond, J. M. (1975). "The island dilemma: Lessons of modern biogeographic studies for the design of natural reserves". Biological Conservation. 7 (2): 129–146. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(75)90052-X.
Diamond, J. M.; Mayr, E. (1976). "Species-area relation for birds of the Solomon Archipelago". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 73 (1): 262–266. doi:10.1073/pnas.73.1.262. PMC 335881. PMID 16592301.
Island Biogeography and the Design of Natural Reserves (1976), in Robert M. May's Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications, Blackwell Scientific Publications, pp. 163–186.
Mayr, E.; Diamond, J. M. (1976). "Birds on islands in the sky: Origin of the montane avifauna of Northern Melanesia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 73 (5): 1765–1769. doi:10.1073/pnas.73.5.1765. PMC 430382. PMID 16592319.
Diamond, J. M.; Gilpin, M. E.; Mayr, E. (1976). "Species-distance relation for birds of the Solomon Archipelago, and the paradox of the great speciators". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 73 (6): 2160–2164. doi:10.1073/pnas.73.6.2160. PMC 430470. PMID 16592328.
Diamond, J. M. (1976). "Island Biogeography and Conservation: Strategy and Limitations". Science. 193 (4257): 1027–1029. doi:10.1126/science.193.4257.1027. PMID 17735704.
Gilpin, M. E.; Diamond, J. M. (1976). "Calculation of immigration and extinction curves from the species-area-distance relation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 73 (11): 4130–4134. doi:10.1073/pnas.73.11.4130. PMC 431355. PMID 16592364.
Diamond, J. M.; May, R. M. (1977). "Species Turnover Rates on Islands: Dependence on Census Interval". Science. 197 (4300): 266–270. doi:10.1126/science.197.4300.266. PMID 17750457.
Jope, R. S.; Jenden, D. J.; Ehrlich, B. E.; Diamond, J. M.; Gosenfeld, L. F. (1980). "Erythrocyte choline concentrations are elevated in manic patients". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 77 (10): 6144–6146. doi:10.1073/pnas.77.10.6144. PMC 350230. PMID 6934541.
Gilpin, M. E.; Diamond, J. M. (1981). "Immigration and extinction probabilities for individual species: Relation to incidence functions and species colonization curves". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 78 (1): 392–396. doi:10.1073/pnas.78.1.392. PMC 319059. PMID 6941254.
Diamond, J. M.; Veitch, C. R. (1981). "Extinctions and Introductions in the New Zealand Avifauna: Cause and Effect?". Science. 211 (4481): 499–501. doi:10.1126/science.211.4481.499. PMID 17816611.
Diamond, J. M. (1982). "Mammary gland as an endocrine organ: Implications for mastectomy". Nature. 295 (5846): 191–192. doi:10.1038/295191a0. PMID 7057887.
Diamond, J. M. (1982). "Rediscovery of the Yellow-Fronted Gardener Bowerbird". Science. 216 (4544): 431–434. doi:10.1126/science.216.4544.431. PMID 17745869.
Diamond, J. M. (1982). "Big-bang reproduction and ageing in male marsupial mice". Nature. 298 (5870): 115–116. doi:10.1038/298115a0. PMID 7088167.
Clausen, C.; Machen, T. E.; Diamond, J. M. (1982). "Changes in the Cell Membranes of the Bullfrog Gastric Mucosa with Acid Secretion". Science. 217 (4558): 448–450. doi:10.1126/science.217.4558.448. PMID 17782981.
Diamond, J. M. (1982). "Transcellular cross-talk between epithelial cell membranes". Nature. 300 (5894): 683–685. doi:10.1038/300683a0. PMID 7177192.
Diamond, J. M.; Karasov, W. H. (1983). "Gut physiology. Trophic control of the intestinal mucosa". Nature. 304 (5921): 18. doi:10.1038/304018a0. PMID 6408482.
Diamond, J. M. (1983). "Extinctions, catastrophic and gradual". Nature. 304 (5925): 396–397. doi:10.1038/304396a0. PMID 6877364.
Diamond, J. M. (1983). "Taxonomy by nucleotides". Nature. 305 (5929): 17–18. doi:10.1038/305017a0. PMID 6888547.
Loo, D. D.; Lewis, S. A.; Ifshin, M. S.; Diamond, J. M. (1983). "Turnover, membrane insertion, and degradation of sodium channels in rabbit urinary bladder". Science. 221 (4617): 1288–1290. doi:10.1126/science.6612343. PMID 6612343.
Karasov, W. H.; Pond Rs, 3.; Solberg, D. H.; Diamond, J. M. (1983). "Regulation of proline and glucose transport in mouse intestine by dietary substrate levels". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 80 (24): 7674–7677. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.24.7674. PMC 534403. PMID 6584881.
Diamond, J. M. (1984). "Evolution of stable exploiter-victim systems". Nature. 310 (5979): 632. doi:10.1038/310632a0. PMID 6472445.
Diamond, J. M.; Keegan, W. F. (1984). "Anthropology: Supertramps at sea". Nature. 311 (5988): 704–705. doi:10.1038/311704a0. PMID 6436714.
Karasov, W. H.; Diamond, J. M. (1985). "Digestive adaptations for fueling the cost of endothermy". Science. 228 (4696): 202–204. doi:10.1126/science.3975638. PMID 3975638.
Diamond, J. M. (1985). "Developmental biology. A reversible epithelium". Nature. 318 (6044): 311. doi:10.1038/318311a0. PMID 4069209.
Diamond, J. M.; Karasov, W. H.; Phan, D.; Carpenter, F. L. (1986). "Digestive physiology is a determinant of foraging bout frequency in hummingbirds". Nature. 320 (6057): 62–63. doi:10.1038/320062a0. PMID 3951548.
Diamond, J. M. (1986). "Ethnic differences: Variation in human testis Size". Nature. 320 (6062): 488–489. doi:10.1038/320488a0. PMID 3083267.
Diamond, J. M. (1986). "Molecular biology: Why do disused proteins become genetically lost or repressed?". Nature. 321 (6070): 565–566. doi:10.1038/321565a0. PMID 3520338.
Buddington, R. K.; Diamond, J. M. (1986). "Aristotle revisited: The function of pyloric caeca in fish". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 83 (20): 8012–8014. doi:10.1073/pnas.83.20.8012. PMC 386855. PMID 3464017.
Cohen, M. M.; Diamond, J. M. (1986). "Medical research: Are we losing the war on cancer?". Nature. 323 (6088): 488–489. doi:10.1038/323488a0. PMID 3762700.
Diamond, J. M. (1986). "Developmental physiology: Hard-wired local triggering of intestinal enzyme expression". Nature. 324 (6096): 408. doi:10.1038/324408a0. PMID 3785416.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Survival in extreme isolation". Nature. 325 (6103): 394. doi:10.1038/325394a0. PMID 3808038.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Aristotle's theory of mammalian teat number is confirmed". Nature. 325 (6101): 200. doi:10.1038/325200a0. PMID 3543685.
Diamond, J. M.; Karasov, W. H. (1987). "Adaptive regulation of intestinal nutrient transporters". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 84 (8): 2242–2245. doi:10.1073/pnas.84.8.2242. PMC 304625. PMID 3470788.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "How do flightless mammals colonize oceanic islands?". Nature. 327 (6121): 374. doi:10.1038/327374a0. PMID 3587359.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Abducted orphans identified by grandpaternity testing". Nature. 327 (6123): 552–553. doi:10.1038/327552a0. PMID 3600750.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Infectious, genetic or both?". Nature. 328 (6127): 199–200. doi:10.1038/328199a0. PMID 3600802.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Human use of world resources". Nature. 328 (6130): 479–480. doi:10.1038/328479a0. PMID 3614353.
Diamond, J. M.; Rotter, J. I. (1987). "Observing the founder effect in human evolution". Nature. 329 (6135): 105–106. doi:10.1038/329105a0. PMID 3627251.
Rotter, J. I.; Diamond, J. M. (1987). "What maintains the frequencies of human genetic diseases?". Nature. 329 (6137): 289–290. doi:10.1038/329289a0. PMID 3114647.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "A darwinian theory of divorce". Nature. 329 (6142): 765–766. doi:10.1038/329765a0. PMID 3670382.
Diamond, J. M. (1987). "Causes of death before birth". Nature. 329 (6139): 487–488. doi:10.1038/329487a0. PMID 3657971.
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (May 1987) Discover pp. 64–66
Diamond, J. M. (1988). "Why cats have nine lives". Nature. 332 (6165): 586–587. doi:10.1038/332586a0. PMID 3357516.
Diamond, J. M. (1988). "DNA-based phylogenies of the three chimpanzees". Nature. 332 (6166): 685–686. doi:10.1038/332685a0. PMID 3128740.
Diamond, J. M. (1989). "Were Neanderthals the first humans to bury their dead?". Nature. 340 (6232): 344. doi:10.1038/340344a0. PMID 2755484.
Diamond, J. M. (1990). "Learning from saving species". Nature. 343 (6255): 211–212. doi:10.1038/343211a0. PMID 2300162.
Diamond, J. M. (1990). "Old dead rats are valuable". Nature. 347 (6291): 334–335. doi:10.1038/347334a0. PMID 2215644.
Diamond, J. M. (1991). "A way to world knowledge". Nature. 352 (6336): 567. doi:10.1038/352567a0. PMID 1865920.
Diamond, J. M. (1991). "Why are pygmies small?". Nature. 354 (6349): 111–112. doi:10.1038/354111a0. PMID 1944586.
Curse and Blessing of the Ghetto (March 1991) Discover, pp. 60–66
Diamond, J. M. (1992). "The red flag of optimality". Nature. 355 (6357): 204–206. doi:10.1038/355204a0. PMID 1731214.
Diamond, J. M. (1992). "Diabetes running wild". Nature. 357 (6377): 362–363. doi:10.1038/357362a0. PMID 1594040.
Diamond, J. M. (1992). "Twilight of the pygmy hippos". Nature. 359 (6390): 15. doi:10.1038/359015a0. PMID 1522876.
Diamond, J. M. (1992). "Rubbish birds are poisonous". Nature. 360 (6399): 19–20. doi:10.1038/360019a0. PMID 1436068.
Ferraris, R. P.; Diamond, J. M. (1993). "Crypt/villus site of substrate-dependent regulation of mouse intestinal glucose transporters". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90 (12): 5868–5872. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.12.5868. PMC 46824. PMID 8516339.
Diamond, J. M. (1993). "Quantitative design of life". Nature. 366 (6454): 405–406. doi:10.1038/366405a0. PMID 8247144.
Diamond, J. M. (1994). "Jewish Iysosomes". Nature. 368 (6469): 291–292. doi:10.1038/368291a0. PMID 8127362.
Diamond, J. M. (1994). "The last people alive". Nature. 370 (6488): 331–332. doi:10.1038/370331a0. PMID 8047134.
Dining With the Snakes (April 1994) Discover
Race Without Color (November 1994) Discover
Diamond, J. M. (1995). "How to be physiological". Nature. 376 (6536): 117–118. doi:10.1038/376117a0. PMID 7603557.
Diamond, J. M. (1996). "Competition for brain space". Nature. 382 (6594): 756–757. doi:10.1038/382756a0. PMID 8752267.
Diamond, J. M. (1996). "Wet transport proteins". Nature. 384 (6610): 611–612. doi:10.1038/384611a0. PMID 8967947.
The Curse of QWERTY (April 1997) Discover
Kinship With The Stars (May 1997) Discover
Japanese Roots (June 1998) Discover
Diamond, J. M. (1999). "Evolutionary biology. Dirty eating for healthy living". Nature. 400 (6740): 120–121. doi:10.1038/22014. PMID 10408435.
Diamond, J. M. (2000). "Taiwan's gift to the world". Nature. 403 (6771): 709–710. doi:10.1038/35001685. PMID 10693781.
Diamond, J. M. (2000). "Talk of cannibalism". Nature. 407 (6800): 25–26. doi:10.1038/35024175. PMID 10993054.
Diamond, J. M. (2001). "Palaeontology: Australia's last giants". Nature. 411 (6839): 755–757. doi:10.1038/35081231. PMID 11459041.
Diamond, J. M. (2002). "Archaeology: Life with the artificial Anasazi". Nature. 419 (6907): 567–569. doi:10.1038/419567a. PMID 12374957.
Jianguo Liu and Jared Diamond, "China's environment in a globalizing world", Nature, volume 435, pages 1179-1186, 30 June 2005.
What’s Your Consumption Factor? (January 2, 2008) The New York Times
Vengeance is Ours (April 2008) The New Yorker
Diamond, Jared (2011). "Why do some societies make disastrous decisions?". In John Brockman. Culture: leading scientists explore civilizations, art, networks, reputation, and the on-line revolution. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-06-202313-1.
Critical studies, reviews and biography
Schama, Chloë (Jan 2013). "[Untitled review of The world until yesterday]". Books. Smithsonian. 43 (9): 72.
