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BIG QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE PEOPLE[qh]
《小孩大問題》[qh]
The questions children ask are often so simple, so basic, that they turn unwittingly yet profoundly philosophical in requiring apple-pie-from-scratch type of answers. To explore this fertile intersection of simplicity and expansiveness, Gemma Elwin Harris asked thousands of primary school children between the ages of four and twelve to send in their most restless questions, then invited some of today’s most prominent scientists, philosophers, and writers — including TEDsters like Alain de Botton, Mary Roach, and Richard Dawkins — to answer them. The result isBig Questions from Little People & Simple Answers from Great Minds (public library), among both the best children’s books of 2012 and the year’s overall reader favorites. A portion of the proceeds from the book benefits Save the Children.[qh]
孩子們問的問題總是很簡單，很基礎，但他們對答案"打破砂鍋問到底"的探求精神總是不經意地帶有深刻的哲學意義。為了探索這一充滿了簡單與開拓交織的情 況，吉瑪·埃爾溫·哈里斯邀請數千個4歲至12歲年齡段的小學生把他們最孜孜探求的問題寫下來寄給她，然后再邀請一些當今最權威的科學家、哲學家和作者 --包括TED簽約作者阿蘭·德波頓，瑪麗·羅切和理查德·道金斯--來回答這些問題。而這些問答內容就形成了《小孩大問題，大人小答案》。這本書是 2012年最佳兒童讀物和2012年最受歡迎讀物之一，書中的一些內容給《救救孩子》一書以啟迪。[qh]
