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Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) [1] is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant , and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books .
Jared Diamond (born 10 September 1937) is an American scientist and author. Trained in physiology, and having published on ecology, anthropology, and linguistics, [1] Diamond's work is known for drawing from a variety of fields. He is currently professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). [2]
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (titled Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive for the British edition) is a 2005 book by academic and popular science author Jared Diamond, in which the author first defines collapse: "a drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time."
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California Democrats hope to link President Trump to the unpopular Project 2025 policy plan with a task force hearing focusing on its impact on Americans.
1999 Avenue of the Stars, formerly SunAmerica Center, and before that, AIG–SunAmerica Center, is a 39-story, 534-foot (163 m) skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California. The tower was completed in 1990. Designed by Johnson Fain, It is the twentysixth-tallest building in Los Angeles and the fifth-tallest building in Century City.
The main building opened in April 1958 as the Union Oil Center and served as the headquarters of Union Oil Company of California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tower was designed by architect William Pereira . In 1996, Union Oil vacated the premises.
Marker on the site reads: [15] [16] NO. 972 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE CENTER – Designed as the largest enclosed structure without columns in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements and Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserve Center in the United States.