by Yuval Noah Harari · Random House Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099590088
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«Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind» is the historical popular science essay by Yuval Noah Harari, published by Random House UK in paperback (512 pages).
A journey through the history of Homo sapiens: from one species among many to the domination of the planet. Harari examines the impact of the cognitive, agricultural and scientific revolutions, and how money, empires, religions and shared fictions have organised human societies.
It is the first volume of Yuval Noah Harari's Homo series. The work was originally published in Hebrew in 2011.
Suitable for readers interested in history, anthropology and popular science, and for those who want a global view of the human past.
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (2024). His published work examines themes of free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, suffering and the role of storytelling in human evolution.
