Sapiens :
Harari, Yuval N.
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari. - First U.S. edition. - [viii], 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman"--Title page verso. First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Mora-Bitan, Dvir."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-428) and index.
Timeline of history -- The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance ; The tree of knowledge ; A day in the life of Adam and Eve ; The flood -- The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud ; Building pyramids ; Memory overload ; There is no justice in history -- The unification of humankind. The arrow of history ; The scent of money ; Imperial visions ; The law of religion ; The secret of success -- The scientific revolution. The discovery of ignorance ; The marriage of science and empire ; The capitalist creed ; The wheels of industry ; A permanent revolution ; And they lived happily ever after ; The end of Homo Sapiens -- Afterword: The animal that became a god.
"One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition."--
9780062316097 0062316095 9780062316110 0062316117
2014028418
Civilization--History
Human beings--History.
World history
Chronology, Historical
Technology and civilization--History
CB113.H4 / H3713 2015
909
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari. - First U.S. edition. - [viii], 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman"--Title page verso. First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Mora-Bitan, Dvir."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-428) and index.
Timeline of history -- The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance ; The tree of knowledge ; A day in the life of Adam and Eve ; The flood -- The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud ; Building pyramids ; Memory overload ; There is no justice in history -- The unification of humankind. The arrow of history ; The scent of money ; Imperial visions ; The law of religion ; The secret of success -- The scientific revolution. The discovery of ignorance ; The marriage of science and empire ; The capitalist creed ; The wheels of industry ; A permanent revolution ; And they lived happily ever after ; The end of Homo Sapiens -- Afterword: The animal that became a god.
"One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition."--
9780062316097 0062316095 9780062316110 0062316117
2014028418
Civilization--History
Human beings--History.
World history
Chronology, Historical
Technology and civilization--History
CB113.H4 / H3713 2015
909