Harari, Yuval N.,
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; [translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman]. - x, 498 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 20 cm
First published in hardback by Harvill Secker in 2014 -- from title page verso First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir -- from title verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-480) and index (pages 485-498).
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 -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits -- Index
9780099590088
Civilization--History
Human beings--History
World history
Chronology, Historical
Technology and civilization--History
Cognition and culture
CB113.H4 / H3713 2015
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; [translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman]. - x, 498 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 20 cm
First published in hardback by Harvill Secker in 2014 -- from title page verso First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir -- from title verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-480) and index (pages 485-498).
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 -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits -- Index
9780099590088
Civilization--History
Human beings--History
World history
Chronology, Historical
Technology and civilization--History
Cognition and culture
CB113.H4 / H3713 2015