Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Harari, Yuval N.2014
Book
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one - us. 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', Dr 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.
Main title:
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari.
Author:
Harari, Yuval N., author
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2014.
Collation:
443 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Hebrew.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846558238 (hbk)
Dewey class:
599.909599.909 HAR599.909HAR
Local class:
599.909
Language:
EnglishHebrew
Subject:
BRN:
1594077