The invention of man, authored by Albert Jacquard

This book is his fourth in the series of Simplifying Science books. It was first published in 1984. The book is divided into six chapters in 180 pages. The author gradually narrated the story from the very beginning, where the idea of reincarnation was invented, then moved on to the invention of duality in humans, then to rationality, then to humanity, and finally, to each one of us. The author's explicit existential touch throughout the book is not hidden, whether through the opening phrase quoted from Sartre, "the father of existential philosophy," which may be the source of the book's title, precisely from this quote: without support, and without escape, man is condemned at every moment to invent man. So, we are facing a book that combines science and philosophy. Mr. Jakar wants to tell us the story of the invention of man from the very beginning until reaching the philosophical need to invent humanity and to invent each one of us individually. Number of pages: 220