21 Lessons For The 21St Century, Paperback Book, By: Yuval Noah Harari

Truly mind-expanding Ultra-topical Hararis big selling point [is the ambition and breadth of his work smashing together unexpected ideas into dazzling observations. GuardianThere is surely no one alive who is better at explaining our world than Yuval Noah Harari - he is the lecturer we all wish wed had at university. Reading this book I must have interrupted my partner a hundred times to pass on fascinating things Id just read. Harari has done it again -21 Lessons is simply put a crucial book. Adam KayErudite illuminating vivid. [Hararis lessons suggest new ways of thinking about current problems a splendid sobering stirring call to arms. Sunday TimesFascinating compelling [Harari has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century. Bill Gates New York TimesThe great thinker of our age. The TimesHarari is a rare voice of calm reassurance slicing through the chaos and uncertainty of the modern age. Allan Hunter Sunday ExpressHarari thrills his readers because he addresses the biggest possible topics with confidence and brio. Compared with the subjects he tackles anything else we might read looks piffling and parochial. Evening StandardHararis genius at weaving together insights from different disciplines ranging from ancient history to neuroscience to philosophy to artificial intelligence has enabled him to respond to the clamour to understand where we have come from and where we might be heading 21 Lessons is lit up by flashes of intellectual adventure and literary verve. Financial TimesModern life can seem overwhelming. Fortunately Yuval Noah Harari's new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is on hand to guide us through it. Poolside reading with purpose. Elle[Hararis purpose is to reveal the hard-learned lessons we have all already encountered this century the persuasiveness of Hararis philosophical analysis and the engaging quality of his writing is hard to deny. Esquire About the Author: Prof 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 65 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'. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century was a Number One Bestseller and was described by Bill Gates as 'fascinating' and 'crucial'. Harari worked closely with renowned comics illustrator Daniel Casanave and co-writer David Vandermeulen to create his latest book an adaptation of his first bestseller Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1.