Jared Mason Diamond ( born on September 10 , 1937 ) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee ( 1991 ) , Guns , Germs , and Steel ( 1997 , awarded a Pulitzer Prize ) , Collapse ( 2005 ) and The World Until Yesterday ( 2012 ) .
Jared Mason Diamond ( born September 10 , 1937 ) is an American author and biologist .