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Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Oct 17, 2017
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Walter Isaacson
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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 scienc... Show More

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 we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius

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Number of Pages: 600

ISBN: 1501139150

ISBN-13: 9781501139154

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Bill Gates @BillGates · May 21, 2018
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I think Leonardo was one of the most fascinating people ever. Although today he’s best known as a painter, Leonardo had an absurdly wide range of interests, from human anatomy to the theater. Isaacson does the best job I’ve seen of pulling together the different strands of Leonardo’s life and explaining what made him so exceptional. A worthy follow-up to Isaacson’s great biographies of Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs.
Alex Wieckowski @AlexAndBooks_ · Jan 12, 2022
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What other books on the history of technology have you read and would recommend? I ran out of room to list books in a single tweet. Charlie Munger's book recommendations includes the Faraday Maxwell book and a few others:
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One of my favorite books!
Ava en fuego @AvaDeCenizas · Nov 29, 2022
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