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For the first time in Earth's history, our planet is experiencing a confluence of rapidly accelerating changes prompted by one species: humans. Climate change is only the most visible of the modifications we've made--up until this point, inadvertently--to the planet. And our current behavior threatens not only our own future but that of countless other creatures. By comparing Earth's story to those of other planets, astrobiologist David Grinspoon...
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Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2021]
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252 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"This second volume of 'Sapiens: A Graphic History,' the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's #1 New York times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution--when humans fell into a trap we've yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns"--
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Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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xv, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Revealing how human society evolved and flourished, a world-renowned historian and philosopher tells strange, but true, stories about how humans established civilization, endured the consequences of it and created history-changing inventions along the way.
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Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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xv, 185 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago"--
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