Harari, Yuval N.
Sapiens : a brief history of mankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman. - London : Vintage Books, 2014. - x, 498 p. : ill., maps, facsimiles ; 20 cm.
First published by Harvill Secker in 2014--Title page verso. First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir - title verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-480) and index.
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 they lived happily ever after ; The end of Homo sapiens -- Afterword: The animal that became a god.
Translated from the Hebrew.
9780099590088 0099590085
Chronology, Historical.
Civilization--History.
Cognition and culture.
Human beings--History.
Technology and civilization--History.
World history.
909 HAR
Sapiens : a brief history of mankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman. - London : Vintage Books, 2014. - x, 498 p. : ill., maps, facsimiles ; 20 cm.
First published by Harvill Secker in 2014--Title page verso. First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir - title verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-480) and index.
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 they lived happily ever after ; The end of Homo sapiens -- Afterword: The animal that became a god.
Translated from the Hebrew.
9780099590088 0099590085
Chronology, Historical.
Civilization--History.
Cognition and culture.
Human beings--History.
Technology and civilization--History.
World history.
909 HAR