Description
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.
Author: Stefan Klein
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 08/01/2011
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780306820083
ISBN10: 0306820080
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Science | History
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
Stefan Klein is an award-winning European science writer and author of the international bestsellers The Science of Happiness and The Secret Pulse of Time. He lives in Berlin, Germany.