BIG QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE PEOPLE[qh]
《小孩大问题》[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]
孩子们问的问题总是很简单,很基础,但他们对答案"打破砂锅问到底"的探求精神总是不经意地带有深刻的哲学意义。为了探索这一充满了简单与开拓交织的情 况,吉玛·埃尔温·哈里斯邀请数千个4岁至12岁年龄段的小学生把他们最孜孜探求的问题写下来寄给她,然后再邀请一些当今最权威的科学家、哲学家和作者 --包括TED签约作者阿兰·德波顿,玛丽·罗切和理查德·道金斯--来回答这些问题。而这些问答内容就形成了《小孩大问题,大人小答案》。这本书是 2012年最佳儿童读物和2012年最受欢迎读物之一,书中的一些内容给《救救孩子》一书以启迪。[qh]