Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 4

byYuval Noah Harari, Daniel Casanave (Illustrator), David Vandermeulen (Edited by)

The Age of Revolutions

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Until 1500 AD, Homo sapiens had reached a plateau in medical, military and economic power, focused on preserving long-standing social orders. So how did we leap from medieval scrolls to ebooks, abacuses to computers, wooden ships to nuclear submarines – and from the Earth to the moon? As Yuval Noah Harari reveals, the spark behind the Scientific Revolution was a radical idea: ignorance. Paired with curiosity, it drove humanity’s relentless pursuit of knowledge.

This pursuit unleashed a powerful feedback loop between science, politics and capitalism, accelerating discovery and reshaping the world. In Sapiens: A Graphic History Volume 4 – The Age of Revolutions, Yuval Noah Harari explore how scientific thinking came to dominate in the sixteenth century, overtaking religion and philosophy and fuelling imperial expansion, colonialism and the Industrial Revolution. Old social and political structures unravelled as new technologies emerged – each invention both a tool and a weapon.

Spanning from the early modern period to the present day, this final volume traces the extraordinary transformations that have defined our species, while also looking ahead. As advances in artificial intelligence gather pace, it asks what the future might hold – and whether a new form of intelligence could surpass humanity itself.

Like the previous instalments, this is an engaging, insightful and colourful retelling of the human story for curious minds of all ages.

About Yuval Noah Harari

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the global bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the graphic adaptation series Sapiens: A Graphic History, and Unstoppable Us, his first series of books for children. His books have sold over 45 million copies in 65 languages, with Sapiens alone selling 25 million copies since it was first published in 2013. A New York Times and Sunday Times #1 bestseller, Sapiens spent an incredible 96 consecutive weeks in the top 3 of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Yuval Noah Harari is also behind Sapienship – an international social impact company focused on education and storytelling, which he co-founded with his husband Itzik Yahav. Harari is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today.
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