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Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gemma Elwin Harris |
ISBN: | 9780571301935 0571301932 |
OCLC Number: | 858967833 |
Description: | 1 volume ; 20 cm |
Responsibility: | compiled by Gemma Elwin Harris ; with an introduction by Alexander Armstrong. |
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A lovely thing by lovely people for a lovely charity. -- Miranda Hart Perfect for kids who ask 'Why?' -- Dan Snow A book like Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am? feeds our desire for understanding and logic rather than simply accepting facts. -- Professor Marcus du Sautoy Like the best of Pixar's output, it manages to be entertaining for people of all ages; so all-encompassing is its content that it is both an interesting source of facts for kids and, as Alexander Armstrong writes in his introduction, "an arsenal against future questions from the back of the car" ... Necessary reading for all ages. (Four star review) -- Matt Lewis Daily Telegraph The whole family will be hooked. Sunday Times Style magazine An invaluable spur to asking questions and thinking about answers. The Guardian Certain to give you pause about much of what you thought you knew, or at the very least rekindle that childlike curiosity about and awe at the basic fabric of the world we live in. -- Maria Popova Brainpickings.org Harris has assembled a roster of experts - some celebrities, some not, all eminent in their fields - to provide succinct, accurate replies to the sort of head-scratchers that parents and teachers regularly find themselves presented with by children of primary school age and often struggle to answer. it works a treat. Financial Times After reading Big Questions... I was reminded of the limitless range of my own ignorance. The things most people don't know you could put in a book. And Faber have. Telegraph An entertaining and enlightening read. The Lady Read more...

