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What Is Race? Who Are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? and Other Big Questions by Nikesh Shukla; Claire Heuchan
Category: Education | Series: And Other Big Questions Ser.
An important and timely book on race and racism, encouraging children to think for themselves about the issues involved. Talk about race is often discouraged, but this book aims to bring everyone into the conversation. It explores the history of race and society, giving context to how racist attitudes c ...Show more
What is Right and Wrong? Who Decides? Where Do Values Come From? And Other Big Questions by Michael Rosen, Annemarie Young
Category: Education | Series: And Other Big Questions
Every day we make decisions that are underpinned by our ideas of what is right and wrong. But where do these ideas come from? Where do our values come from and who decides which values are used in a society?This book is a highly topical look at how our decisions about what is right and wrong play out on ...Show more
Who Are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave Their Homes? and Other Big Questions by Michael Rosen; Annemarie Young
Category: Education | Series: And Other Big Questions
What does it mean for people to have to leave their homes, and what happens when they seek entry to another country? This book explores the history of refugees and migration around the world and the effects on people of never-ending war and conflict. It compares the effects on society of diversity and ...Show more
Why Do We Need Art? What Do We Gain by Being Creative? and Other Big Questions by Michael Rosen; Annemarie Young
Category: Education | Series: And Other Big Questions
A highly topical look at the role of art and the importance of creativity in our lives and the wider world. Art, in its widest sense, encompasses many different forms, from painting and poetry to dance, pottery and quilting and much else besides. Creativity is an essential part of what makes us human a ...Show more
Will Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Us? by Stephen Hawking
Category: Science | Series: Brief Answers, Big Questions Ser.
'Real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?Is there other intelligent life in the universe?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest my ...Show more