General History

Jason Wang

Mar 13, 20206 min read

Review of "The Discoverers"

Daniel J. Boorstin, a historian, wrote The Discoverers, a book detailing man’s quest for knowledge, in hopes of providing an...

Jason Wang

Feb 2, 202010 min read

Summary of "Guns, Germs, and Steel"

Guns, Germs, and Steel, published in 1997 by Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA and winner of the MacArthur Foundation...

Jason Wang

May 21, 201918 min read

Summary of "Upheaval" by Jared Diamond

Upheaval, published in 2019, was written by Jared Diamond, a polymath who won the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan’s International...

Jason Wang

Jan 25, 201910 min read

Summary for "Homo Deus"

Homo Deus translates to “God Man.” It is also a book by Yuval Noah Harari, a historian who received his PhD from Oxford and is currently...

Jason Wang

Apr 18, 20188 min read

Summary for "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens, as its name suggests, is a book about the species Homo Sapiens, published in February 10th, 2015 by Yuval Noah Harari, a...