We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of... →
Jared Diamond
We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.
The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to... →
I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant... →
Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000... →
The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow -... →
New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.
Junot Diaz
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events in the... →
Michael Dickinson
I was, from early on, interested in science. And my parents were very obliging about that. My father used to take me to the museum of natural... →
Whitfield Diffie
I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history and culture... →
Matt Dillon