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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Author
Uniform Title
Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut. English
Title
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari.
ISBN
9780062316097 (hbk.)
0062316095 (hbk.)
9780062316110 (pbk.)
0062316117 (pbk.)
9780062316103 (ebk.)
0062316109 (ebk.)
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, 2015.
Physical Description
[viii], 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
"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.
Summary
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-428) and index.
Contents
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.
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