Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Publication details: London Vintage books 2011Description: x,498pISBN:- 9780099590088
- 909 HAR
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 909 HAR | Available | 018276 |
CONTENTS
Timeline of History
Part One The Cognitive Revolution
1 An Animal of No Significance 3
2 The Tree of Knowledge 22
3 A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve 45
4 The Flood 70
Part Two The Agricultural Revolution
5 History's Biggest Fraud 87
6 Building Pyramids no
7 Memory Overload 134
8 There Is No Justice in History 149
Part Three The Unification of Humankind
9 The Arrow of History 181
10 The Scent of Money 193
11 Imperial Visions 210
12 The Law of Religion 233
13 The Secret of Success 264
Part Four The Scientific Revolution
14 The Discovery of Ignorance 275
15 The Marriage of Science and Empire 307
16 The Capitalist Creed 341
17 The Wheels of Industry 374
18 A Permanent Revolution 392
19 And They Lived Happily Ever After 421
20 The End of Homo Sapiens 445
21 Afterword: The Animal that Became a God 465
Notes 467
Acknowledgements 481
Image Credits 483
Index 485
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