Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.
Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the
University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, specialising in World History. Sapiens- A Brief History
of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a
legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and
Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It
was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for
over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus-
A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was
described by the Guardian as 'even more readable, even more
important, than his excellent Sapiens'.
PROF. YUVAL NOAH HARARI is the author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," which was an international bestseller published in more than 35 countries. He has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His research focuses on broad questions, such as: What is the relation between history and biology? Is there justice in history? Did people become happier as history unfolded? In 2012 Harari was awarded the annual Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines. The author lives in Jerusalem."
"Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it
will make you think in ways you had not thought before."
*Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow*
"Shows us where mankind is headed in an absolutely clear-sighted
and accessible manner"
*Jarvis Cocker*
"Even more readable, even more important, than his excellent
Sapiens"
*Guardian Books of the Year*
"An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of
identity, consciousness and intelligence"
*Observer*
"A brilliantly original, thought-provoking and important study of
where mankind is heading."
*Evening Standard*
"Spellbinding… a quirky and cool book, with a sliver of ice at its
heart"
*Guardian*
"An intoxicating brew of science, philosophy and futurism."
*Mail on Sunday*
"Yuval Noah Harari is the most entertaining and thought-provoking
writer of non-fiction at the moment. As with Sapiens, you finish
the book feeling much wiser"
*Matt Haig*
"An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of
identity, consciousness and intelligence… Harari is a naturally
gifted explainer, invariably ready with a telling anecdote or
memorable analogy. As a result, it’s tempting to see him less as
historian than as some kind of all-purpose sage."
*Observer*
"Sets out with enviable (and alarming) lucidity the massive
challenges now facing our species as genetic technologies, AI and
robotics alter forever our relationships with one another and with
other species. It’s even more readable, even more important, than
his excellent Sapiens."
*Guardian Books of the Year*
"I think the mark of a great book is that it not only alters the
way you see the world after you've read it, it also casts the past
in a different light. In Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari shows us
where mankind is headed in an absolutely clear-sighted & accessible
manner. I don't normally ask for autographs but I got a bit
starstruck & asked him to sign my copy of his book after we'd had a
conversation for my show on BBC 6Music. His inscription reads: 'The
future is in your hands' - a good thing to remember when such great
changes are afoot."
*Mail on Sunday*
"Spellbinding… This is a very intelligent book, full of sharp
insights and mordant wit... It is a quirky and cool book, with a
sliver of ice at its heart... It is hard to imagine anyone could
read this book without getting an occasional, vertiginous
thrill."
*Guardian*
"Like all great epics, Sapiens demanded a sequel. Homo Deus, in
which that likely apocalyptic future is imagined in spooling
detail, is that book. It is a highly seductive scenario planner for
the numerous ways in which we might overreach ourselves."
*Observer*
"Homo Deus is a sweeping, apocalyptic history of the human race,
which reads more like a TED-talk on acid."
*Spiked*
"Harari is an intellectual magpie who has plucked theories and data
from many disciplines - including philosophy, theology, computer
science and biology - to produce a brilliantly original,
thought-provoking and important study of where mankind is
heading."
*Evening Standard*
"Like its predecessor, which sold in its millions, Homo Deus will
have a world audience. Taking over where Sapiens left off, it looks
forward to where history, ethics and gargantuan biotech investment
might lead us - to the end, Harari thinks, of death, suffering and
the very idea of being human."
*Sunday Times Culture*
"A remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful
reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and
our history... One measure of Harari’s achievement is that one has
to look a long way back – to 1934, in fact, the year when Lewis
Mumford’s Technics and Civilization was published – for a book with
comparable ambition and scope."
*Guardian*
"Harari is an exceptional writer, who seems to have been specially
chosen by the muses as a conduit for the zeitgeist… Fascinating
reading."
*Times Literary Supplement*
"This provocative book analyses our present state – and makes
startling predictions about the future."
*Mail on Sunday*
"Sapiens was a paean to humanity’s powers of collective
imagination…with darker notes on how these mega-stories might
direct our new, transformative, information and biological
technologies. “Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied
and irresponsible gods who don’t know what they want?” was Harari’s
closing line. Homo Deus tries to answer that question, with all the
pedagogic and encyclopaedic brilliance of its predecessor."
*New Scientist*
"An often thought-provoking and always elegantly written book."
*Spectator*
"Brilliant, mind-expanding…explores where Homo Sapiens might go
from here, via his signature blend of science, history, philosophy
and every discipline in between."
*Bookseller*
"His reasoning is laid out with a lucidity that makes it a joy to
read."
*UK Press Syndication*
"Yuval Noah Harari is the most entertaining and thought-provoking
writer of non-fiction at the moment. In Homo Deus he covers broad
terrain, touching on everything from Zen Buddhism to the Second
World War to how bats read the frequency of echoes, to explore the
largest most difficult and sometimes frightening subject of all:
our own future. As with Sapiens you finish the book feeling much
wiser, but not having noticed any hard work along the way. I loved
this book."
*Matt Haig*
"Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where
we’re going"
*Eastern Daily Press*
"Challenging, readable and thought-provoking… He has provided a
smart look at what may be ahead for humanity."
*Time*
"Exhilarating."
*Evening Standard*
"Original, compelling, and provocative."
*Shortlist*
"Thank God someone finally wrote [this] exact book."--Sebastian Junger, New York Times Book Review "Thought-provoking and enlightening, Harari's books is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our species."--BookPage ..".[S]hares DNA with the work of writers like Jared Diamond ... while drawing freely from other disciplines in both the humanities and sciences. It's emphatically a work for the general reader eager to grapple with big ideas, but who is equally hungry for context for today's headlines."--Shelf Awareness "Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it will make you think in ways you had not thought before."--Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast, and Slow Praise for Sapiens "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 "Thrilling to watch such a talented author trample so freely across so many disciplines... Harari's skill lies in the way he tilts the prism in all these fields and looks at the world in different ways, providing fresh angles on what we thought we knew... scintillating."--Financial Times "Like all great epics, Sapiens demanded a sequel. Homo Deus, in which that likely apocalyptic future is imagined in spooling detail, is that book. It is a highly seductive scenario planner for the numerous ways in which we might overreach ourselves."--The Observer (London) "[A] great book...not only alters the way you see the world after you've read it, it also casts the past in a different light. In Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari shows us where mankind is headed in an absolutely clear-sighted & accessible manner."--Mail on Sunday "I enjoyed reading about these topics not from another futurist but from a historian, contextualizing our current ways of thinking amid humanity's long march-especially...with Harari's ability to capsulize big ideas memorably and mingle them with a light, dry humor...Harari offers not just history lessons but a meta-history lesson."--Washington Post "Harari is an intellectual magpie who has plucked theories and data from many disciplines - including philosophy, theology, computer science and biology - to produce a brilliantly original, thought-provoking and important study of where mankind is heading."--Evening Standard (London) "Spellbinding... This is a very intelligent book, full of sharp insights and mordant wit... It is a quirky and cool book, with a sliver of ice at its heart... It is hard to imagine anyone could read this book without getting an occasional, vertiginous thrill."--Guardian "Homo Deus is great, accessible science writing... This is a super fun read."--PBS Newshour "Provocative... essential reading."--New York Times Book Review "Provocative...the handiwork of a gifted thinker."--Jennifer Senior, New York Times "In Sapiens, Harari delves deep into our history as a species to help us understand who we are and what made us this way. An engrossing read."--Dan Ariely, New York Times Bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty "Sapiens tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language."--Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday "Sapiens takes readers on a sweeping tour of the history of our species.... Harari's formidable intellect sheds light on the biggest breakthroughs in the human story...important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens."--Washington Post "Harari is an exceptional writer, who seems to have been specially chosen by the muses as a conduit for the zeitgeist... Fascinating reading."--Times Literary Supplement (London) "A remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history."--The Guardian "What elevates Harari above many chroniclers of our age is his exceptional clarity and focus."--London Sunday Times
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