Young People’s Book Prize announcement

------=_Part_3219814_581524487.1647430484970 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3219815_1041835374.1647430484970" ------=_Part_3219815_1041835374.1647430484970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Public newsletter =C2=A0 **Young People=E2=80=99s Book Prize 2021 announcement At the online award ceremony, hosted by BAFTA-winning TV presenter Lindsey = Russell, I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe, by Stefanie Posavec an= d Miriam Quick was pronounced the winner of the Young People=E2=80=99s Book= Prize 2021.=C2=A0 More than 11,000 young judges=C2=A0drawn from 500 UK schools and youth grou= ps cast their votes for their favourite science book from a shortlist of si= x titles [ -prize-21/], chosen by a panel of adult judges, which includes=C2=A0BBC bro= adcaster Gabby Logan and award-winning author Sharna Jackson. =C2=A0 This year=E2=80=99s winner is an abstract and artistic exploration of the c= ollaboration between art, science and data. Through simple activities, like= wearing the book as a hat or dropping it from a height, big questions are = explored such as how loud is the Sun, how fast is gold mined, and how many = stars are born in the time it takes to turn a page? Read more [ -peoples-book-prize/] **What our young judges say about the winner Here=E2=80=99s what some of the young judges=C2=A0had to say about the winn= ing book:=C2=A0 =E2=80=9CI adore this book. It=E2=80=99s chaos but in a good way. It=E2=80= =99s so intriguing because it shows you how weird and wonderful our univers= e is, and how it=E2=80=99s a pleasure to live in this universe.=E2=80=9D=C2= =A0Forest Hill School, London =E2=80=9CThis book is unique and full of surprises, it had me wondering wha= t the next page was going to be like, it had you reading in circles and wig= gly lines and had you doing some weird things.=E2=80=9D Austhorpe Primary S= chool, Leeds =E2=80=9CI found out there was a number called six quintillion!=E2=80=9D=C2= =A0Latymer All Saints Primary School, London =C2=A0-------------- Can you spare 10 minutes to help us improve our website? 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I Am a Portal to the Universe, by Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick= was pronounced the winner of the Young People=E2=80=99s Book Prize 2021 du= ring=C2=A0the online award ceremony, hosted by BAFTA-winning TV presenter L= indsey Russell, .=C2=A0 More than 11,000 young judges=C2=A0drawn from 500 UK schools and youth grou= ps cast their votes for their favourite science book from a [shortlist of six = titles](3D"), chosen by a panel of adult judges, which included=C2=A0BBC broa= dcaster Gabby Logan and award-winning author Sharna Jackson. =C2=A0 This year=E2= =80=99s winner is an abstract and artistic exploration of the collaboration= between art, science and data. Through simple activities, like wearing the= book as a hat or dropping it from a height, big questions are explored suc= h as how loud is the Sun, how fast is gold mined, and how many stars are bo= rn in the time it takes to turn a page? [Read more](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") What our y= oung judges say about the winner = Here=E2=80=99s= what some of the young judges=C2=A0had to say about I Am a Book. I Am = a Portal to the Universe:=C2=A0 =E2=80=9CI adore this book. It=E2=80=99s chaos but in a good way. It=E2=80= =99s so intriguing because it shows you how weird and wonderful our univers= e is, and how it=E2=80=99s a pleasure to live in this universe.=E2=80=9D=C2= =A0Forest Hill School, London =E2=80=9CThis book is unique and full of surprises, it had me wondering wha= t the next page was going to be like, it had you reading in circles and wig= gly lines and had you doing some weird things.=E2=80=9D Austhorpe Primary S= chool, Leeds =E2=80=9CI found out there was a number called six quintillion!=E2=80=9D=C2= =A0Latymer All Saints Primary School, London = =C2=A0 =20 Can you sp= are 10 minutes to help us improve our website? = We are conside= ring making changes to our website=E2=80=99s menu and we have created a=C2= =A0study, that runs until Sunday 20 March, to test these potential changes = with real users like you. Can you spare 10 minutes to help us? [Yes, I can help](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"=](3D") Can we bri= ng animals back from extinction? = In this free o= nline event on 16 March, researchers from across the world examine whether = science has progressed far enough to bring extinct creatures back. Even if = we are able to do so, should we bring animals, such as dinosaurs to dodos, = woolly mammoths to Tasmanian tigers, back to life? [More about the event](3D"=) = This event is = part of [British Science Week](3D"), run by the British S= cience Association which takes place from 11 =E2=80=93 20 March, celebratin= g science, technology, engineering and maths with entertaining and engaging= events, and activities across the UK for all ages. = =C2=A0 =20 How search= engines affect the information we find = In conjunction= with the publication of a new report, our latest bl= og series=C2=A0by leading figures starts by examining potential regulat= ory approaches to what the media is doing to combat fake news and the role = of knowledge institutions in creating a healthy online information environm= ent. In this latest blog, Professor McAuley explores if there is a danger t= hat the autocomplete function in our online searches may be interfering wit= h the task we are trying to perform. [Read now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 Watch now:= The exceptional life of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin = The only Briti= sh woman to have been awarded a Nobel prize, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a= n exceptional chemist whose discoveries included the confirmation of the st= ructure of penicillin; the structure of vitamin B12, and of insulin. This= =C2=A0BBC Ideas/Royal Society video looks at the qualities she had which he= lped her to achieve the things she did, in a time when so few women had the= opportunity to do so. [Watch now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 =20 [3D"Facebook"](3D") [3D"Twitter"](3D") [View in browser](3D") Did someone forward you this email? 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