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In 1970 the Smithsonian Institution hosted a show honoring Rube Goldberg's lifework
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Nature_Gift_Guide themes of nature and nurtureWinner of the Pulitzer Prize * New York Times Bestseller * Over Two Million Copies Sold "One of the most significant projects embarked upon by any intellectual of our generation" (Gregg Easterbrook, New York Times), Guns, Germs, and Steel presents a groundbreaking, unified narrative of human history. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this "artful, informative, and