The Hebrew edition became a bestseller in Israel, and generated much interest among the general public, turning Harari into a celebrity. The book surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of Homo sapiens in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the 21st century. It was then released in English in 2014 and has since been translated into some 45 additional languages. His book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind was originally published in Hebrew in 2011 based on the 20 lectures of an undergraduate world history class he was teaching. He now specializes in world history and macro-historical processes. Harari has published numerous books and articles, including Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100–1550 The Ultimate Experience: Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450–2000 The Concept of 'Decisive Battles' in World History and Armchairs, Coffee and Authority: Eye-witnesses and Flesh-witnesses Speak about War, 1100–2000. I realized that I could actually write such books.” Literary career At a Berggruen Institute salon, Harari said that Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel “was kind of an epiphany in my academic career. While at Oxford, Harari first encountered the writings of Jared Diamond, whom he has acknowledged as an influence on his own writing. From 2003 to 2005, he pursued postdoctoral studies in history as a Yad Hanadiv Fellow. degree at Jesus College, Oxford, in 2002, under the supervision of Steven J. Harari first specialized in medieval history and military history in his studies from 1993 to 1998 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He began studying history and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at age 17. He deferred mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces to pursue university studies as part of the Atuda program, but was later exempted from completing his military service following his studies due to health issues. He studied in a class for intellectually gifted children at the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa from the age of eight. Harari taught himself to read at age three. His father was a state-employed armaments engineer and his mother was an office administrator. His was a secular Jewish family with Eastern European roots. Yuval Noah Harari was born and raised in Kiryat Ata, Israel, one of three children born to Shlomo and Pnina Harari. The book is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. In Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Harari surveys human history from the evolutionary emergence of Homo Sapiens to 21st Century political and technological revolutions. His books also examine the possible consequences of a futuristic biotechnological world in which intelligent biological organisms are surpassed by their own creations he has said, " Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so". Harari writes about the " cognitive revolution" occurring roughly 70,000 years ago when Homo sapiens supplanted the rival Neanderthals and other species of the genus Homo, developed language skills and structured societies, and ascended as apex predators, aided by the agricultural revolution and accelerated by the scientific revolution, which have allowed humans to approach near mastery over their environment.
His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness and suffering. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018). Yuval Noah Harari ( Hebrew: יובל נח הררי born 24 February 1976) is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and a professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. History and I: War and the Relations between History and Personal Identity in Renaissance Military Memoirs, c.