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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
出版社： Harper Collins Publishers
書林書號：
20192686
作者：
Harari, Yuval Noah
定價：
1050
會員價：
$893
ISBN：
9780062316097
出版年份：
2015
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精裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
《人類大歷史：從野獸到扮演上帝》

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      十萬年前，地球上至少有六個人種，
　　但今日，只剩下一個人種：智人（Homo sapiens），亦即明智的人種。
　　但是我們真的明智嗎？

　　從只能啃食虎狼吃剩的殘骨的猿人，到躍居食物鏈頂端的智人，
　　從雪維洞穴壁上的原始人手印，到阿姆斯壯踩上月球的腳印，
　　從認知革命、農業革命，到科學革命、生物科技革命，
　　我們是如何登上世界舞臺、成為萬物之靈的？

　　從西元前1776年的《漢摩拉比法典》，到1776年的〈美國獨立宣言〉，
　　從帝國主義、資本主義，到自由主義、消費主義，
　　從獸慾、情慾、到物慾，從獸性、人性、到神性，
　　我們瞭解自己嗎？我們過得更快樂嗎？
　　我們究竟希望自己想要得到什麼、變成什麼？

　　本書作者哈拉瑞希望滿足讀者的是：

　　「請給我單單一本書，不到五百頁的篇幅，用清晰可讀的散文，不填塞一堆令人暈頭轉向的年份、人名、地名、稱號，就能涵蓋了人類如何崛起、如何被農作物綁架……乃至影響現代生活甚巨的資本主義、一神教、自由人文主義、基因工程……如何興盛的重大脈絡，讓我洞悉其中的關鍵和意涵。」

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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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

書林書號：20215378

作者：Harari, Yuval Noah

ISBN：9780099590088

會員價：497

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