New York Times Bestseller
A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg
From a renowned historian comes 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.”
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. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades 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?
Featuring 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.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780062796233
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Lydbog: 15. august 2017
New York Times Bestseller
A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg
From a renowned historian comes 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.”
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. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades 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?
Featuring 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.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780062796233
Release date
Lydbog: 15. august 2017
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Nanna
28. dec. 2020
Vidende og underholdende på samme tid. Sætter nuancer på mange konventioner. Fortalt på elegant britisk.
Marie
16. jan. 2023
Hyggelig pop-videnskabelig bog. Fine perspektiver på menneskeheden set som et dyr, men forfatterens agenda og holdninger skinner så kraftigt igennem, at det er forstyrrende og til sidst i bogen decideret pinligt og uvidenskabeligt.
Adrian
3. sep. 2021
Skønt formidlet populærhistorie, der med en indlæsning på niveau med David Attenborough er en sand fornøjelse at lytte til. Jeg syntes dog at Harari savner lidt selvindsigt i sin egen partiskhed, særligt hvad angår de veganske svadaer og bogens lidt besynderlige afslutning, med dets fremtidsforidsigelser som Harari ellers advarede mod at lave o kapitlet om den videnskabelige revolution. Det til trods så var det som nævnt en stor fornøjelse.
Birgitte
26. dec. 2021
Super indsigt i vores historie og hvordan vires samfund har og måske vil udvikle sig.
J.
9. jun. 2023
Fremragende bog, fremragende indlæst - og ignorér de anmeldere der beklager sig over politisk bias eller kalder det populærvidenskabeligt, da de ikke har forstået indholdet eller basis for dette.
Deborah
10. nov. 2021
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Peter
9. nov. 2022
Efter alt den ros bogen har fået, troede jeg den ville være mere “interessant”.Det er en rigtig god kronologisk fortælling om menneskets historie, men der er ikke mange aha moments.Jeg var skuffet, men mine forventninger var nok også forkerte.
Peter
24. mar. 2021
Ganske enkelt fantastisk
Charlotte
1. okt. 2021
Amazing.
Karen
16. nov. 2021
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