Leonardo's Legacy - How Da Vinci Reimagined the World (Paperback, First Trade Paper ed)

Revered today as perhaps the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. The artist who created the Mona Lisa also designed functioning robots and digital computers, constructed flying machines, and built the first heart valve. His intuitive, ingenious approach,a new mode of thinking,linked highly diverse areas of inquiry in startlingly original ways, ushering in a whole new era. In Leonardo's Legacy , award-winning science journalist Stefan Klein provides an illuminating new look at Leonardo's unique genius" ( Publishers Weekly ), which delves into the brilliant, complex mind of this quintessential Renaissance man.

General

Imprint:	Da Capo Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Shelley Frisch • Stefan Klein
Translators:	Shelley Frisch • Stefan Klein
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
Edition:	First Trade Paper ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-82008-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
LSN:	0-306-82008-0
Barcode:	9780306820083

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