Sapiens
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4.3 • 824 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?
One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.
Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.
In this bold and provocative audiobook, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.
ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY
'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama
'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans
'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity' Sunday Times
'It altered how I view our species and our world' Guardian
'Startling... It changes the way you look at the world' Simon Mayo
'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill Gates
©2011 Yuval Noah Harari (P)2015 Penguin Audio
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you’ve ever lamented the state of the world and the environmental and political chaos swirling all around us, this book is for you. Israeli historian Yuval Harari argues that the roots of humanity’s current problems can be found by tracing our footsteps way, way back in time. Sapiens—a breakaway hit around the world—explores our species’ history by following a series of cognitive, agricultural and scientific revolutions that occurred over the course of 100,000 years and up to the present. Harari uses critical insights and philosophical reflections to deliver takeaway lessons about the past that could help shape our future.
Customer Reviews
Really interesting book
I was referred by a friend at work to read this book. Super interesting, but some points do dive back into and jump back a forth throughout time here and there. I would highly recommend this book. The only problem is, with human kind we always want more. I want to know more about certain areas, but he has literally told us where we are at. Making it hard for us to know more. Putting human kind in place I would say. Let hope for something extraordinary, with biology tests. Super human?
Sapiens Review
Opinionated tripe
Homo sAliens
My first look at browsing with a view to from Apple Audiobooks and I'm alarmed by the "Reviewers" here. The genre and title of the book, Sapiens, suggests an author with an incisive, scholastic bent toward socio-cultural anthropology and Darwinian evolution. However, "Reviews" I've read through, pertaining to both author and Sapiens, gives no insight into the academic reach of what is frequently referred to as opinion(s). Is his a pond-skipping flow of consciousness, or the deep, dark dive of a Sperm Whale?