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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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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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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Albin Michel
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
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...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
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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English
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"The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions. First, the demographic transition changed the total numbers, dynamics, structure, and residential pattern of populations. The agricultural and dietary transition led to the emergence of highly productive cropping and animal husbandry (subsidized by fossil energies and electricity), which eliminated famines, reduced malnutrition, and improved the...
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English
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The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools--machines that make machines....
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Series
Sapiens volume 2
Publisher
Debate, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
El historiador y filósofo más influyente de la actualidad nos narró de forma extraordinaria la compleja trama de la historia de la humanidad en su libro Sapiens. De animales a dioses. Con la ayuda de David Vandermeulen y las maravillosas ilustraciones de Daniel Casanave, este otoño publicamos Sapiens. El nacimiento de la humanidad, la adaptación gráfica de un best seller internacional que lleva quince millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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"Imagine it is the seventh century. As most of Europe continues its descent into a long period of intellectually dormancy, a quiet yet powerful academic revolution is erupting in another corner of the world. Over the next centuries, the geniuses of Muslim society will thrust the boundaries of knowledge forward to such a degree that their innovations still shape civilizations to this day. The staggering achievements of these men and women influenced...
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2014
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English
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In the Age of Industrialization, economics, society, politics, and culture collided. In particular, the Industrial Revolution provided the underpinnings of Europe's societal transformations and decisively shaped the century, including changes in mass culture and the growth of democratic challenges to existing political institutions. Popiel explores specific technologies, most of which we take for granted today, to offer a general picture of the economic...
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Ke xue wen hua volume 164A
Publisher
Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
中文
Author
Series
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
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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