Leonardo Da Vinci: the biography
Material type: TextPublication details: London Simon & Schuster 2017 Description: xii, 599 pISBN: 9781471166785Subject(s): Scientists | Gifted persons | Inventors | Painters | BiographyDDC classification: 709.2 Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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 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.
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