A Brief History of Humankind - Couverture souple

Harari, Yuval

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062316117 ISBN 13 : 9780062316110

Editeur : Harper Perennial; Reprint edition, 2018

Synopsis

La plupart des livres sur l'histoire de l'humanité soit poursuivre un historique ou une approche biologique, mais le Dr yuval noah harari brise le moule très originale, grâce à ce livre qui commence il y a environ 70 000 ans avec l'aspect moderne de la cognition. D'examiner le rôle évolutif humains ont joué dans l'écosystème mondial pour thème la montée des Empires, sapiens intègre l'histoire et les sciences à reconsidérer accepté récits, connecter derniers développements aux préoccupations contemporaines, et examiner les événements spécifiques dans le cadre des grandes idées. Le DR harari nous contraint de se tourner vers l'avenir, car au cours des dernières décennies les humains ont commencé à plier des lois de la sélection naturelle qui ont régi la vie pour le passé quatre milliards d'années. Nous sommes l'acquisition de la capacité à concevoir non seulement le monde autour de nous, mais aussi nous-mêmes. Où est ce qui nous mène, et ce que nous avons envie de le devenir ? Equipé de 27 photographies, 6 cartes, illustrations et 25/diagrammes, ce Provocateur et travaux utiles ne manquera pas de susciter le débat et la lecture est un élément essentiel pour les aficionados de jared Diamond, James gleick, Matt ridley, Robert Wright, et sharon moalem.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Sapiens tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language.” (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday)

“Sapiens is learned, thought-provoking and crisply written.... Fascinating.” (Wall Street Journal)

“In Sapiens, 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.” (Dan Ariely, New York Times Bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty)

“Yuval Noah Harari’s celebrated Sapiens does for human evolution what Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time did for physics.... He does a superb job of outlining our slow emergence and eventual domination of the planet.” (Forbes)

“[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.” (President Barack Obama)

“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.” (Bill Gates)

“Thank God someone finally wrote [this] exact book.” (Sebastian Junger)

“Sapiens 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.” (Washington Post)

“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.” (Michael Gerson, Washington Post)

“This was the most surprising and thought-provoking book I read this year.” (Atlantic.com)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. 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?

In Sapiens, Dr 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, palaeontology and economics, 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 behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come?

Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power ... and our future.

'Here is a simple reason why Sapiens has risen explosively to the ranks of an international bestseller. It tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language. You will love it!' - Jared Diamond

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0062316117
• ISBN 13: 9780062316110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 578