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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark stylethorough, yet rivetingfamine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age...
Author
Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xv, 187 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, brand-new illustrated book for middle-grade readers that looks at the early history of humankind. Even though we'll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive-and we're the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become "unstoppable"? The answer to that is...
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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
[viii], 443 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
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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."--
Author
Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xv, 185 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago.
6) Sapiens
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
13 CDs (15 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"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."--
Author
Publisher
Debate, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
252 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
El historiador y filosofo mas influyente de la actualidad nos narro 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 otono publicamos Sapiens. El nacimiento de la humanidad, la adaptacion grafica de un best seller internacional que lleva quince millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo....
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