Guns Germs & Steel
NR
7.5
2005
Documentary
, War & Politics
A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.
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- Cast：
- Peter Coyote
Episode 3 : Into the Tropics
July. 10,2005
So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with agents of conquest ahead of their rivals around the world.
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Episode 1 : Out of Eden
July. 11,2005
Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea
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