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"One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition."--
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Shares insights into such present-day issues as the role of technology in transforming humanity, the epidemic of false news, and the modern relevance of nations and religion.
"How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari's [book] is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Over the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonald's than from...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 'human'. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and...
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Debate
Pub. Date
2014.
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Español
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En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agrícola y la científica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biología, la antropología, la paleontología o la economía, Harari explora cómo las...
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Ke xue wen hua volume 164A
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Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2017.
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中文
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Izdatelʹstvo Sindbad
Pub. Date
2019.
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Russian
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"The author's philosophy about political, technological, social, and existential problems the world will face in the 21th century, his advice on how to handle these problems, how society should prepare for the future, and so on." -
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Ke xue wen hua volume 184
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Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban
Pub. Date
2018.
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中文
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Companhia das Letras
Pub. Date
2018.
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Portuguese
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"Como podemos nos proteger de guerras nucleares, cataclismos ambientais e crises tecnológicas? O que fazer sobre a epidemia de fake news ou a ameaça do terrorismo? O que devemos ensinar aos nossos filhos? Em Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari mostrou de onde viemos; em Homo Deus, para onde vamos. 21 lições para o século 21 explora o presente e nos conduz por uma fascinante jornada pelos assuntos prementes da atualidade. Seu novo livro trata sobre o desafio...
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Debate/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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Yuval Noah Harari, autor bestseller de Sapiens. De animales a dioses, augura un mundo no tan lejano en el cual nos veremos enfrentados a una nueva serie de retos. Homo Deus explora los proyectos, los sueños y las pesadillas que irán moldeando el siglo XXI -desde superar la muerte hasta la creación de la inteligencia artificial.--
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Albin Michel
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Français
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"Il y a 100 000 ans, la Terre était habitée par au moins six espèces différentes d'hominidés. Une seule a survécu. Nous, les Homo Sapiens. Comment notre espèce a-t-elle réussi à dominer la planète? Pourquoi nos ancêtres ont-ils uni leurs forces pour créer villes et royaumes? Comment en sommes-nous arrivés à créer les concepts de religion, de nation, de droits de l'homme? À dépendre de l'argent, des livres et des lois? À devenir esclaves...
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Zhong xin chu ban she
Pub. Date
2017.
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中文
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A narrative history of humanity's creation and evolution explores how biology and history have defined understandings of what it means to be human, detailing the role of modern cognition in shaping the ecosystem, civilizations and more.
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