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Homo Deus

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond – from overcoming death to creating artificial life.

Hierarchy in the Forest

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question...

Guns, Germs and Steel

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis?

Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.

God: A Human History of Religion

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

In God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind’s relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on the history of faith and the birth of religion.

Global Food Revolution

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

The data is overwhelming. The facts are clear. Mankind is headed straight off the cliff of a...

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