On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:43:32PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > Jared Diamond has written some very good books about that sort of thing. In > particular, the influence on history of the domestication of the horse, and > the much later invention of the stirrup. He discusses these in Guns, Germs > and Steel. Well worth a read.
Thanks for the tip - I've put in a request at my local library (all without even leaving my desk, or picking up a telephone). I could have made the request using my phone, though - there's an app for that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
