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Title:
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Author:
Harari, Yuval N. author.

Harari, Yuval N. translator.

Purcell, John (Translator), translator.

Watzman, Haim translator.
Contents:
Timeline of history -- Part One : The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance ; The tree of knowledge ; A day in the life of Adam and Eve ; The flood -- Part Two. The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud ; Building pyramids ; Memory overload ; There is no justice in history -- Part Three. The unification of humankind. The arrow of history ; The scent of money ; Imperial visions ; The law of religion ; The secret of success -- Part Four. 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.
ISBN:
9780062316097

9780062316110

9780062316103
Physical Description:
443 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Format:
Books
Publication Date as Range:
2015