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This book is both a revelatory biography and an accessible study of Leonardo's life and multi-faceted work as a scientist and engineer. It covers all aspects of the man's life but is also a re-interpretation of the voluminous evidence to paint an original picture of Leonardo da Vinci not only as the archetypal polymath, but as the first true scientist. Topics include: * A detailed investigation of how Leonardo's manuscripts and notebooks were lost to the world and kept secret during his own lifetime and how this altered the progress of science. * A thorough analysis of his work as a scientist and how he predated many of the great figures of the 16th and 17th centuries, including Galileo, Kepler, William Harvey, Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton. * Leonardo's legacy -- what did Leonardo leave in his notebooks and how may they be viewed in the light of modern scientific understanding? What did he achieve in science?

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Book category Books in English The arts Art treatments & subjects Individual artists, art monographs

• Full title: Leonardo
• Author: Michael White
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780349112749
• ISBN: 0349112746
• ID: 04065301
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Weight: 272 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 128 × 52 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. January 2001

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