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"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills...
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[2019]
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"Leonardo da Vinci was a great painter of the Italian Renaissance period, known for such iconic works as the Mona Lisa portrait and the Last Supper fresco. Yet Leonardo was a true Renaissance Man, who made important contributions to human knowledge as a scientist and inventor. He conducted numerous carefully planned experiments, and produced extensive drawings and notes on human anatomy, as well as on fantastic inventions. Leonardo's rich life and...
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Giants of science (Viking) volume 1
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[2005]
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For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever...
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[2004]
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Examines the life and works of Renaissance painter, inventor, and sculptor, Leonardo da Vinci and studies his childhood in Tuscany, apprenticeship in Florence, relationship with contemporaries Michelangelo and Machiavelli, and the stories behind the creation of his "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper."
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[2005]
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In addition to being one of the greatest artists who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci possessed one of the most versatile minds in history. Although trained to be a painter, da Vinci's interests encompassed an amazing range of fields that are considered scientific specialties today, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, geometry, and optics. He also designed machines and drew plans for hundreds of inventions.
Despite facing many hurdles throughout...
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[2000]
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"Michael White's biography argues that Leonardo was, through the scope of his investigations and his desire to push back the boundaries of knowledge, nothing less than 'The First Scientist'. Exploring the legacy of research he left behind - lost for two hundred years after his death, and probably half of it lost for ever - White finds evidence not just of a true polymath but of a true man of science. His notebooks contain thoughts on such diverse...
10) Galileo
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[2010]
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The author and biogrpaher shows us that Galileo was far more than a mathematician: he was deeply knowledgeable in the arts, an expert on the epic poet Ariosto, a fine lutenist. The author notes that years of reading the poets and experimenting with literary forms were not mere sidebars - they enabled Galileo to write clearly and plausibly about the most implausible things. The author argues that Galileo changed the world not simply because he revolutionized...
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2005.
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Explore Leonardo's life, art, inventions, discoveries, and thought.
Get the truth about Leonardo da Vinci andseparate fact from fiction.
Leonardo da Vinci not only created the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, but was also a pioneering scientist, inventor, and engineer whose contributions continue to impact everyday life. Of late, his reputation as a religious thinker has also grown. But just who was this quintessential Renaissance man?...
17) Galileo
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Examines the life and discoveries of the noted mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, whose work changed the course of science.
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