Neanderthal Man

Yuval Noah Harari

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world."Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly."—The Economist"This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through th...

John Green

"In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allo...

Yuval Noah Harari

New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century The tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time--featuring a new afterword from the author. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Hom...

Hari, Johann

* 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH AN UPDATED AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY 'Screamingly addictive' STEPHEN FRY 'Superb ... Thrilling story-telling' NAOMI KLEIN 'A powerful contribution to an urgent debate' GUARDIAN What if everything we've been told about addiction is wrong? O...

Megan C. Reynolds

A comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as "like." Indeed, excessive use of this word is a surefire way to make those who pride themselves on propriety, both grammatical and otherwise, feel compelled to issue correctives. But what the detractors of t...

Todd May

Should we bring new humans into the world? Or would it be better off without us? These days it's harder than ever to watch TV, scroll social media, or even just sit at home looking out of the window without contemplating the question at the heart of philosopher Todd May's new book: Should we go extinct? Facing climate destruction and the revived specter of nuclear annihilation ...

Pääbo, Svante

En la línea del relato personal acerca de otros descubrimientos fundamentales, como La doble hélice de James D. Watson, también publicado en esta colección, El hombre de Neandertal: En busca del genoma perdido describe, empezando con su estudio del DNA de momias egipcias a principios de los años 1980, y culminando con la secuenciación del genoma neandertal en 2010, los pasos, i...

Pääbo, Svante

¿Qué podemos aprender de los genomas de nuestros parientes evolutivos más cercanos? El hombre de Neandertal cuenta la historia de la misión del genetista Svante Pääbo de contestar esta pregunta, y narra sus esfuerzos por definir genéticamente lo que nos distingue de nuestros primos neandertales. Empezando con el estudio del DNA de momias egipcias, a principios de los años 80, y...