From the author of the international bestsellers Sapiens and Homo Deus
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war,ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions
What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism
What should we teach our children
Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change.
Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784708283Number of pages: 432Weight: 374 gDimensions: 197 x 128 x 31 mm
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'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical... Harari's big selling point (is) the ambition and breadth of his work,smashing together unexpected ideas into dazzling observations.'- The Guardian
'Erudite,illuminating,vivid. (Harari's) lessons suggest new ways of thinking about current problems... a splendid,sobering,stirring call to arms.'- The Sunday Times
'There is surely no one alive who is better at explaining our world than Yuval Noah Harari - he is the lecturer we all wish we'd had at university. Reading this book,I must have interrupted my partner a hundred times to pass on fascinating things I'd just read. Harari has done it again - 21 Lessons is,simply put,a crucial book.'- Adam Kay
'Harari's body of work has set him up as a hugely popular historian of mankind.'- The Daily Telegraph
'...A bracing look at the challenges facing humanity.'- The Sunday Times
'I'm predicting that 21 Lessons for the 21st Century will complete a Harari hat-trick of classics... The clarity of Harari's vision is astonishing... thanks to him,the world makes better sense to many more of us.'- Caroline Sanderson,TheBookseller
'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity,making the world strange and new.'- Sunday Times on Sapiens
'An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of identity,consciousness and intelligence.'- Observer on Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari
One of the key thinkers of the 21st century,Professor Yuval Noah Harari was born in Haifa,Israel and is currently a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include the global bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo-Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. September 2018 sees the publication of his much-anticipated new book,21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
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