Copyright © 2024 by Yuval Noah Harari

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

Random House and the House colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Published in the United Kingdom by Fern Press, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House UK.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Harari, Yuval N., author.

Title: Nexus: a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI / Yuval Noah Harari.

Description: First edition. | New York: Random House, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024011713 (print) | LCCN 2024011714 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593734223 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593736814 | ISBN 9780593734247 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Information behavior—History. | Information networks—History. | Information technology—History.

Classification: LCC ZA3075 .H375 2024 (print) | LCC ZA3075 (ebook) | DDC 001.09—dc23/eng/20240614

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024011713

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024011714

International edition ISBN 9780593736814

Ebook ISBN 9780593734247

randomhousebooks.com

Book design by Caroline Cunningham, adapted for ebook

Cover design: © Suzanne Dean

Cover illustration: © Hector the carrier pigeon of Emperor Napoleon III, reproduced by courtesy of Tallandier/Bridgeman Images

ep_prh_7.0_148118692_c0_r0