Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

  • 出版商: HarperEntertainment
  • 出版日期: 2015-02-10
  • 售價: $1,500
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,425
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 464
  • 裝訂: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 0062316095
  • ISBN-13: 9780062316097
  • 相關分類: SAP
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New York Times Bestseller

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?

Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

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《紐約時報》暢銷書

巴拉克·歐巴馬、比爾·蓋茲和馬克·祖克柏的夏季閱讀推薦

來自著名歷史學家的開創性敘述,講述人類的創造與演化——一本國際暢銷書,探討生物學和歷史如何定義我們,並增進我們對「人類」意義的理解。

十萬年前,地球上至少有六種不同的人類物種。然而,今天只有一種——智人(homo sapiens)。其他物種發生了什麼?而我們又可能會發生什麼?

大多數關於人類歷史的書籍採取歷史或生物學的單一視角,但尤瓦爾·哈拉瑞博士打破了這一模式,這本極具創意的書籍從約七萬年前現代認知的出現開始,探討演化中的人類在全球生態系統中的角色,並描繪帝國的興起。《人類大歷史》(Sapiens)將歷史與科學結合,重新思考既定敘事,將過去的發展與當前的關注聯繫起來,並在更大思想的背景下檢視具體事件。

哈拉瑞博士還促使我們展望未來,因為在過去幾十年中,人類已開始改變過去四十億年來支配生命的自然選擇法則。我們正在獲得設計周圍世界乃至自身的能力。這將引領我們走向何方?我們想成為什麼?

本書包含27幅照片、6幅地圖和25幅插圖/圖表,這部引人深思且富有洞察力的作品必將引發辯論,對於賈雷德·戴蒙德、詹姆斯·格萊克、馬特·瑞德利、羅伯特·賴特和沙龍·莫阿勒姆的愛好者來說,這是必讀之作。