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Aesthetics - The Big Questions by Carolyn Korsmeyer
Category: No Category | Series: Philosophy: the Big Questions Ser.
Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from Plato to the present.
All about Maths (PB) by Johnny Ball
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions
Join popular television presenter Johnny Ball as he explores the history of maths and measuring and shows why it is still a magical way to find out how everything works today. All about Maths helps make maths magically simple, from pi, the amazing number that unlocks the secret of circles and spheres, ...Show more
All about Numbers by Johnny Ball
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions
Popular television presenter Johnny Ball shares his love of maths and the essential part numbers play in our lives, from measuring, counting, and predicting to solving all sorts of problems. But maths isn't just about counting and calculations. In All about Numbers, you'll explore a fantastic world tha ...Show more
Big Questions about the Body by Rachel Sousa Ashe De Firth
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions Ser.
Children love to ask questions about their bodies that adults struggle to answer, about life, death and everything in between. This is the book to give those curious children! Not just a tour of the body, its organs, and how they work, this book takes the time to answer questions kids didn't know they w ...Show more
Big Questions about the Universe by Alex Frith, Alice James
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions Ser.
How big is space, where does it end, and more thought-provoking questions.The questions in this book were curated by the staff at London's Royal Observatory, to address all the most common - and a few uncommon - things that children want to know about space. Planets, moons, exploration and even some rea ...Show more
Big Questions for Little People: Animals by Claire Philip
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions for Little People Ser.
The series that answers all the questions that children really want to ask. Do birds fall in love? Why do chameleons change color? How do frogs walk upside down? This book answers all these questions and more Filled with fascinating information on all sorts of animals, from blue whales and bears ...Show more
Can War Be Justified? - A Debate by Jennifer Kling; Andrew Fiala
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Little Debates about Big Questions Ser.
Can war be justified? Pacifists answer that it cannot; they oppose war and advocate for nonviolent alternatives to war. But defenders of just war theory argue that in some circumstances, when the effectiveness of nonviolence is limited, wars can be justified. In this book, two philosophers debate this q ...Show more
Epistemology - The Big Questions by Linda Martín Alcoff
Category: No Category | Series: Philosophy: the Big Questions Ser.
As well as including the classic papers from the history of epistemology, this distinctive, wide-ranging anthology provides essential coverage of key contemporary challenges to that tradition.
Ethics - The Big Questions by James P. Sterba (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Philosophy: the Big Questions Ser.
As with the first edition, Utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelianviewpoints are all well represented here, and this second editionfeatures updated sections throughout--including eighteen newreadings--and an entirely new section on multiculturalism. Presents students with a unique focus on three main cha ...Show more
Mathmagicians (PB) by Johnny Ball
Category: Education | Series: Big Questions
Discover how maths applies to everything with Johnny Ball Join Johnny Ball as he shows your child that maths isn't just numbers and sums, it's a fundamental, incredible, magical way to find out how everything works. From Pi, the amazing number that's vital for so much of everyday life, to perfect propor ...Show more
Really Big Questions For Daring Thinkers by Stephen Law
Category: Education | Series: Really Really Big Questions
Really Really Big Questions for Daring Thinkers is a cool and fun introduction to philosophy that explores life's important but often unanswered questions. What is the meaning of life? Is time travel possible? Why should I be nice? These questions and more are discussed giving young readers a chance to ...Show more
Really Big Questions For Daring Thinkers: Space and Time by Mark Brake
Category: Education | Series: Really Big Questions for Daring Thinkers Ser.
What's the difference between me, a planet and a star? Does the Universe follow a recipe? If a wardrobe has three dimensions, what is the fourth?These are some of life's biggest questions, and you are a daring thinker for even thinking about them! So open your mind and prepare to explore some of the big ...Show more