Books - Guns germ and Steel

Last book I read -

Really enjoyed this book. As every other book, I did not manage to finish this one. Author tries to answer the question - why is it that Europeans were the ones to go out and rule the world and not any other race ? Are they genetically superior or is it just due to turn of events ? -

Most of us would have had this discussion. I think the author has done a good job explaining the various factors involved and how these factors come into play. The approach was scientific enough to keep one ineterested and not too deep that one would get lost.

One ineteresting fact from the book - I did not know before - the arrangement of keys in QWERT keyboard was to slow down typing. This was done to avoid typewritters from getting stuck. The author points this out as an argument saying western civilaztion does not always favour innovation. Apparently, once the typewritters improved better keyboard designs came about. These designs were stopped before they gained popularity.

There is a lot interesting facts in the book. Highl recommeneded.