{"product_id":"sapiens-a-graphic-history-volume-2-yuval-noah-harari-9780063212237","title":"Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 (Yuval Noah Harari)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis second volume of \u003cem\u003eSapiens: A Graphic History\u003c\/em\u003e, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution-when humans fell into a trap we've yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if humanity's major woes-war, plague, famine and inequality-originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? \u003cem\u003eVolume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History-The Pillars of Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it's not all doom and gloom with this book's cast of entertaining characters and colorful humorous scenes. Yuval, Zoe, Prof. Saraswati, Cindy and Bill (now farmers), Detective Lopez, and Dr. Fiction, all introduced in\u003cem\u003e Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e, once again travel the length and breadth of human history, this time investigating the impact the Agricultural Revolution has had on our species. The cunning Mephisto shows them how to ensnare humans, King Hammurabi lays down the law, and Confucius explains harmonious society. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy; the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the \u003cem\u003eDaily Business News\u003c\/em\u003e; the story of urbanization is portrayed as a travel brochure, offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China; and the history of inequality unfolds in a superhero detective story; with guest appearances by historical and cultural personalities throughout such as Thomas Jefferson, Scarlett O'Hara, Margaret Thatcher, and John Lennon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e is a radical, witty and colorful retelling of the story of humankind for adults and young adults, and can be read on its own or in sequence with \u003cem\u003eVolume I.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuval Noah Harari\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling historian and philosopher, is considered one of the world's most influential intellectuals today. His popular books-including \u003ci\u003eSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI\u003c\/i\u003e, and the series \u003ci\u003eSapiens: A Graphic History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnstoppable Us\u003c\/i\u003e-have sold more than fifty million copies in sixty-five languages. Harari, with his husband, Itzik Yahav, cofounded Sapienship, a social impact company with projects in the fields of education and storytelling, whose main goal is to tell and retell our shared human story. Harari has a PhD in history from the University of Oxford. He has been a lecturer at the Department of History in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade Paperback, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65804312314205,"sku":"K092240131","price":28.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9224013100001A.jpg?v=1788461932","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/sapiens-a-graphic-history-volume-2-yuval-noah-harari-9780063212237","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}