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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind

Harari, Yuval N.2024
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What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us. In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.
Main title:
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman.
Author:
Harari, Yuval N., author, translatorPurcell, John, translatorWatzman, Haim, translator
Edition:
10 year anniversary edition.
Imprint:
[London] : Vintage, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
502 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir. First published in hardback by Harvill Secker in 2014. First published by Vintage in 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the Hebrew.
ISBN:
9781529913934 (hardback)
Dewey class:
909
Language:
EnglishHebrew
BRN:
2054091
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