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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author with the help of John Purcell and Haim Warzman.
"In celebration of its tenth anniversary, a special edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the Earth. Today, there is just one: us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the Earth to the radical--and sometimes devastating--breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions." --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063422001
- ISBN: 006342200X
- ISBN: 9780063422018
- ISBN: 0063422018
- Physical Description: 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: Tenth anniversary edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial 2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sapiens was first published in 2014. This ten year anniversary edition includes a new Afterword by Yuval Noah Harari, reflecting on new developments over the past decade and incorporates several revisions by the author to the original text. "First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir"--Title page verso. "Previously published in a slightly different form in Great Britain in 2014 by Harvill Secker, a division of the Random House Group Ltd."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-432) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one : The cognitive revolution -- An animal of no significance -- The tree of knowledge -- A day in the life of Adam and Eve -- The flood -- Part two : The agricultural revolution -- History's biggest fraud -- Building pyramids -- Memory overload -- There is no justice in history -- Part three : The unification of humankind -- The arrow of history -- The scent of money -- Imperial visions -- The law of religion -- The secret of success -- Part four : 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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| Subject: | Civilization > History. Human beings > History. World history. Chronology, Historical. Technology and civilization > History. Human beings. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Hood River County Library | 909 HAR 2024 (Text) | 33892101032838 | Adult New Books | Checked out | 04/23/2025 |
Summary:
"In celebration of its tenth anniversary, a special edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the Earth. Today, there is just one: us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the Earth to the radical--and sometimes devastating--breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions."
