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999 _c46431
_d46431
020 _a9780099590088
082 _a909
_bHAR
100 _aHarari, Yuval Noah
_962940
245 _aSapiens : a brief history of humankind
260 _aLondon
_bVintage books
_c2011
300 _ax,498p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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890 _aUK
891 _aGeneral
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