"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari was sitting on our home bookshelf for a couple of years. My husband bought it because his colleague has recommended it. I didn't feel like reading it as it seemed a scientific book and too thick (446 pages).
However a week ago, I picked it up and read it in almost one sitting. The book covers the history of the human race. The first part retells the story of prehistoric humans that were hunters-gatherers, then there goes agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, the modern man and the bionic man.
It's hard to classify this book, it's not the regular history textbook that children read in school but it's written in a language that is simple enough for high school students. It is a very accessible book written in a very accessible way, possible to read for everyone.
It's about the development of human species starting for the Big Bang and analyzing not only the historical events but also the human mind and how it changed over the time. It asks and answers many existential questions and predicts the future of humanity. It makes things a lot clearer about everything in the world starting from biology, sociology, science to economy, history and philosophy. It talks about everything and I was just amazed about how can someone explain things so clearly and put all that knowledge and information in one book and in such a way that it can be read in one sitting and enjoyed like a novel by Paulo Coelho.
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