Sapiens : a brief history of mankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman.
By: Harari, Yuval N [author].
Contributor(s): Purcell, John | Watzman, Haim.
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TextPublisher: London : Vintage Books, 2014Description: x, 498 p. : ill., maps, facsimiles ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780099590088; 0099590085.Subject(s): Chronology, Historical | Civilization -- History | Cognition and culture | Human beings -- History | Technology and civilization -- History | World historyDDC classification: 909 HAR | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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