Homo Deus : (Record no. 33893)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9781784703936
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780062464354
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	0062464353
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number	909.83 HA HO
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors	Harari, Yuval Noah
TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Homo Deus :
Subtitle	a brief history of tomorrow
Statement of responsibility, etc	Yuval Noah Harari
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication	London :
Publisher	Vintage,
Date	2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	513 p. ;
Size	21 cm.
CONTENTS
Contents	The new human agenda -- Homo sapiens conquers the world. The Anthropocene; The human spark -- Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world. The storytellers; The odd couple; The modern covenant; The humanist revolution -- Homo sapiens loses control. The time bomb in the laboratory; The great decoupling; The ocean of consciousness; The data religion.
SUMMARY
Summary	Yuval Noah Harari, the author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. 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 age than from infectious diseases, and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonald's than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams, and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century--from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Civilization, Modern
Chronological	21st century
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Science and civilization
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Future, The
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Human beings
General	History
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
Koha Dewey Subclass [OBSOLETE]	03256271
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
--	2706
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
--	17918
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
--	13575
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
--	17920

Holdings
Lost status	Source of classification or shelving scheme	Damaged status	Not for loan	Permanent location	Current location	Shelving location	Date acquired	Source of acquisition	Total Checkouts	Total Renewals	Full call number	Barcode	Date last seen	Date last borrowed	Price effective from	Koha item type	Public note
				University of Wollongong in Dubai	University of Wollongong in Dubai	Main Collection	2018-04-18	Virgin Megastore	6	2	909.83 HA HO	T0059667	2023-12-13	2022-02-01	2018-03-28	REGULAR	April 2018
				University of Wollongong in Dubai	University of Wollongong in Dubai	Main Collection	2019-02-12	AMAUS	2	1	909.83 HA HO	T0061807	2023-05-08	2023-04-25	2019-02-12	REGULAR

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