Leonardo Da Vinci

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About The Book

Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The LastSupper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man ofscience and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, hepursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flyingmachines, botany, geology and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroadsof the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of VitruvianMan, made him history's most creative genius.

Now Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life, showing why we havemuch to learn from him. His combination of science, art, technology, andimagination remains an enduring recipe for creativity. So, too, was his ease atbeing a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easilydistracted, and at times heretical. His relentless curiosity should remind us ofthe importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not justreceived knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative and,like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think differently.

About The Author

Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has beenCEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Timemagazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; SteveJobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An AmericanLife; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the co-author of The Wise Men: SixFriends and the World They Made. About The BookLeonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The LastSupper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man ofscience and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, hepursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flyingmachines, botany, geology and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroadsof the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of VitruvianMan, made him history's most creative genius.Now Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life, showing why we havemuch to learn from him. His combination of science, art, technology, andimagination remains an enduring recipe for creativity. So, too, was his ease atbeing a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easilydistracted, and at times heretical. His relentless curiosity should remind us ofthe importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not justreceived knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative and,like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think differently.About The AuthorWalter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has beenCEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Timemagazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; SteveJobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An AmericanLife; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the co-author of The Wise Men: SixFriends and the World They Made.

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• Title : Leonardo Da Vinci
• Author : Walter Isaacson
• Publisher : simon & schuster, inc.
• EAN : 9781471166761
• Binding : Hardcover
• Number Of Pages : 624
• Language : English

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