Li Li, promoted to professor in 2020
Book Title
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Author
Yuval Noah Harari
Selection Statement
This book has fundamentally changed my view of the human species. It has helped me position the current status of humankind in the context of the long, meandering river of history. Where are we coming from? Why do we do things that we do as a species? How did we end up where we are now? And most important, where are we going? Harari’s luminous, lucid writing is mesmerizing.
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