Harari, Yuval N., <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-480) and index (pages 485-498). 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780099590088 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization--History<br/>Human beings--History<br/>World history<br/>Chronology, Historical<br/>Technology and civilization--History<br/>Cognition and culture
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB113.H4  / H3713 2015