Charles Darwin
Destroyer of Myths
Autor*in: Norman, Andrew
Jahr: 2020
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 240 S.
Verfügbar
- Inhalt:
- * A compelling portrait of one of the most influential scientific thinkers in history * Insight into the character of a modest man whose theories changed our understanding of the world * Follows the entire course of Darwin's life as he progressed from medical student to become the pre-eminent scientist of his time
- Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Having been educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Midsomer Norton Grammar School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife.¶From 1972-83, Andrew worked as a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, before a spinal injury cut short his medical career. He is now an established writer whose published works include biographies of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy, T.E. Lawrence, Adolf Hitler, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Mugabe. Andrew married his second wife Rachel, in 2005.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Charles Darwin
Autor*in: Norman, Andrew
Verlag: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781473829824
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Briefwechsel & Tagebücher
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage