First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had ...
Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara, is ...
Astronomers measure distances to the stars in terms of light years, units that combine time and distance. One light year is the distance light travels in one year; so if you look at a star ten light ...
Home care services fall into five general categories, although some home care agencies may offer multiple services and have more than one service provided by the same person from their agency.
Cinematographer Francis Kenny and Timothy Ferris on Key Biscayne by Mark Diamond Enlarge Image Timothy Ferris interviewing Robert Smith on Key Biscayne by Mark Diamond Enlarge Image Robert Smith on ...
Even when caregiving is borne out of love for the elder, the work can be relentless, grueling, and isolating. These debilitating side effects make it all the more important to take time to care for ...
Becoming eligible for Social Security and Medicare at age 65 used to be the milestones that marked the end of "middle age" and the beginning of "old age." These days, though, we are living longer, ...
NANCY KOEHN: The 1920s were a very important decade in the lives of consumer society in America. Many of those goods, from hoop skirts to candy bars to cereal, had been around for several decades by ...
QUESTION: Please start by telling the story about Robert Lynd before he was married, in Wyoming, working the oil fields. STAUGHTON LYND: My parents met at the base of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, ...
"When God wants to speak with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents." (Martin Luther) Martin Luther was named after St Martin by his parents Hans and Margarette Luther, a pair of ...
"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark The stars seem to change little if ...
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