Sapiens
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Rating | : | 4.71 (518 Votes) |
Asin | : | B00VXJQ88K |
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Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-10-23 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. The Sunday Times best seller. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind's extraordinary history from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. For more, visit ynharari.. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us sapiens? In this bold and provocative audiobook, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here, and where we're going
Fun, Enjoyable Easy Read Never before have I reviewed a book after 2300 others have done the same. Who's going to read 2300 reviews and who will read this? Surely a waste of time for a lot of people including me. Now that I am past that let me state that Harari gives a heckeva good read. This is not the usual rise and. "The Broad Sweep Of Human History" according to John D. Cofield. A standard history of the human race begins with Paleolithic proto-humans, traces the development of modern man or homo sapiens sapiens, then chronicles the beginnings and expansions of human civilization from agriculture to the present. Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens follows that path, but with . Weak history, weaker science, and opinion masquerading as facts. Ken godwin I found this book inadequate in terms of its understanding of biology, neuroscience, religion, and, especially, evolutionary biology. As an earlier review pointed out, Harari often disguises his opinions by writing them as if they were factual. As an agnostic, I found his attacks on Buddhism,