Sapiens : a brief history of humankind

Author

• Harari, Yuval Noah

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Vintage, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9780099590088

Series

Subject(s)

• CIVILIZATION--HISTORY
• WORLD HISTORY
• HUMAN BEINGS--HISTORY

Notes

. Bibliography: p.467-480. Index:p.485-498

Abstract

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**

What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? This bestselling history challenges everything we know about being human.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.

'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill Gates

'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

x, 498p.

Dimension

20 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Timeline of history --
Part 1. The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance --
The tree of knowledge --
A day in the life of Adam and Eve --
The Flood --
Part 2. The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud --
Building pyramids --
Memory overload --
There is no justice in history --
Part 3. The unification of humankind. The arrow of history --
The scent of money --
Imperial visions --
The law of religion --
The secret of success --
Part 4. The scientific revolution. The discovery of ignorance --
The marriage of science and empire --
The capitalist creed --
The wheels of industry --
A permanent revolution --
And they7 lived happily ever after --
The end of homo sapiens --
Afterword: the animal that became a god

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