Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling historian and philosopher, is considered one of the world's most influential intellectuals today. His popular books--including Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable Us--have sold more than forty-five million copies in sixty-five lan-guages. Harari, with his husband, Itzik Yahav, cofounded Sapienship, a social impact company with projects in the fields of education and storytelling, whose main goal is to focus the public conversation on the most important global challenges facing the world today. Harari has a PhD in history from the University of Oxford. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and lectures in the depart-ment of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"Fascinating." - Wall Street Journal
"Sapiens tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern
world." - Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns,
Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday
"Yuval Noah Harari's celebrated Sapiens does for human evolution
what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time did for physics. . .
. He does a superb job of outlining our slow emergence and eventual
domination of the planet." - Forbes
"Interesting and provocative. . . . It gives you a sense of
perspective on how briefly we've been on this earth, how short
things like agriculture and science have been around, and why it
makes sense for us to not take them for granted." - President
Barack Obama
"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun,
engaging look at early human history . . . you'll have a hard time
putting it down." - Bill Gates
"This appealing first volume elucidates often misunderstood basics
of human evolution (i.e., that until 50,000 years ago, there used
to be at least six species of humans) while also unraveling knotty
existential questions about humanity's role on this planet. Young
science enthusiasts and adult philosophers alike will want to pick
up this smart, snappy work." - Publishers Weekly
"In a manner that is both playful and provocative, Harari teams
with co-creators adept at the graphic format to enliven his
academic studies....An informative, breathless sprint through the
evolution and consequences of human development." - Kirkus Reviews
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