{"product_id":"sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind-isbn-9780062316097","title":"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e#1 New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller • \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a landmark work of big history, a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost 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 Cognitive Revolution and the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the story of human evolution in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because in the wake of the Scientific Revolution, humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations\/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious account of our species answers the most fundamental questions of our history:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Brief History of Humankind:\u003c\/b\u003e How did an insignificant ape become the ruler of the planet, capable of splitting the atom, walking on the Moon, and engineering the code of life?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Power of Myth:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the secret of our success—the unique ability to believe in collective fictions like gods, nations, money, and human rights that allow for large-scale cooperation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntegrating History and Science:\u003c\/b\u003e Journey through the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions and explore how they shaped not just our societies, but our very identities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Question of Happiness:\u003c\/b\u003e With all our power and knowledge, are we any happier than our ancient ancestors? Harari challenges everything we think we know about what it means to be human.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eOne hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. \u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical—and sometimes devastating—breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics, and incorporating full-color illustrations throughout the text, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behavior from the legacy of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold, wide-ranging, and provocative, \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our heritage...and our future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, Harari delves deep into our history as a species to help us understand who we are and what made us this way. An engrossing read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Ariely, New York Times Bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The sort of book that sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain…. Harari…is an intellectual acrobat whose logical leaps will have you gasping with admiration.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Carey, Sunday Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harari’s account of how we conquered the Earth astonishes with its scope and imagination…. One of those rare books that lives up to the publisher’s blurb...brilliantly clear, witty and erudite.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Shepard, the Observer (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Engaging and informative…. Extremely interesting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not only is Harari eloquent and humane, he is often wonderfully, mordantly funny” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history…you’ll have a hard time putting it down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Gates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thank God someone finally wrote [this] exact book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebastian Junger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most idea-packed work of non-fiction I’ve read in years.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDick Meyer, www.abcactionnews.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yuval Noah Harari’s full-throated review of our species may have been blurbed by Jared Diamond, but Harari’s conclusions are at once balder and less tendentious than that of his famous colleague.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yuval Noah Harari is an emerging rock-star lecturer at the nexus of history and science. . . . \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on a sweeping tour of the history of our species. . . . Harari’s formidable intellect sheds light on the biggest breakthroughs in the human story…important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This was the most surprising and thought-provoking book I read this year.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this sweeping look at the history of humans, Harari offers readers the chance to reconsider, well, everything, from a look at why Homo sapiens endured to a compelling discussion of how society organizes itself through fictions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Best Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[I]nteresting and provocative…It gives you a sense of perspective on how briefly we’ve been on this earth, how short things like agriculture and science have been around, and why it makes sense for us to not take them for granted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePresident Barack Obama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Writing with wit and verve, Harari…attempts to explain how Homo sapiens came to be the dominant species on Earth as well as the sole representative of the human genus.… Provocative and entertaining.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This title is one of the exceptional works of nonfiction that is both highly intellectual and compulsively readable… a fascinating, hearty read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e is learned, thought-provoking and crisply written…. Fascinating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and illuminating …the wonderful and terrifying saga of the human species on earth.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yuval Noah Harari’s celebrated \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e does for human evolution what Stephen Hawking’s \u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/em\u003e did for physics.… He does a superb job of outlining our slow emergence and eventual domination of the planet.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is one of the best accounts by a Homo sapiens of the unlikely story of our violent, accomplished species.…It is one hell of a story. And it has seldom been told better…. Compulsively readable and impossibly learned.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Gerson, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An absorbing, provocative history of civilization…packed with heretical thinking and surprising facts. This riveting, myth-busting book cannot be summarised…you will simply have to read it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Gray, Financial Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of…high-perspective, shocking and wondrous stories, as well as strange theories and startling insights.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan Appleyard, Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harari can write…really, really write, with wit, clarity, elegance, and a wonderful eye for metaphor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (Ireland)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s not often that a book offers readers the possibility to reconsider, well, everything. But that’s what Harari does in this sweeping look at the history of humans.… Readers of every stripe should put this at the top of their reading lists. Thinking has never been so enjoyable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An encyclopedic approach from a well-versed scholar who is concise but eloquent, both skeptical and opinionated, and open enough to entertain competing points of view.…The great debates of history aired out with satisfying vigor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888748163301,"sku":"NP9780062316097","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062316097.jpg?v=1730229751","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind-isbn-9780062316097","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}