Andrew Norman
1) The Amazing Story of Lise Meitner: Escaping the Nazis and Becoming the World's Greatest Physicist
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The book describes how Lisa Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project – on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War Two. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the second person to be recognized as an Honorary...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the "destroyer of mythical beliefs," some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy of any kind, yet paradoxically, he was to be the cause of the greatest controversy in the history of science and religion. When Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle in late December 1831, bound for the southern hemisphere, he could...
6) Play: Try
Author
Publisher
BMOP
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
None
Description
BMOP/sound continues its devotion to the shapers of today's musical landscape with a release featuring the uniquely 'Gen X' voice of dynamic young composer Andrew Norman. With critical praise and top awards to his credit, Normanengages performers and listeners alike with vibrant textures, bold sounds, and unstoppable energy.
