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Can I read Big Questions from Little People on EtoBox?
Big Questions from Little People by Harris, Gemma Elwin is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Big Questions from Little People about?
In the spirit of Schott’s *Miscellany*, *The Magic of Reality*, and *The Dangerous Book for Boys *comes *Can a Bee Sting a Bee?*—a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children—queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults—and she’s gathered together a notable crew of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to answer them.Authors Mary Roach and Phillip Pullman, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, chef Gordon Ramsay, adventurist Bear Gryllis, and linguist Noam Chomsky are among the top experts responding to the Big Questions from Little People, (“Do animals have feelings?”, “Why can’t I tickle myself?”, “Who is God?”) with well-known comedians, columnists, and raconteurs offering hilarious alternative answers. Miles above your average general knowledge and trivia collections, this charming compendium is a book fans of the E.H. Gombrich classic, *A Little History of the World*, will adore.words : 57659
Who reads Big Questions from Little People?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Harris, Gemma Elwin
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062223234
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Reference, Family & Relationships, History
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