Leonardo's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World
by Stefan Klein
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This book explores the mind of Leonardo Da Vinci and explains the profound impact his ideas have had on our times, discussing his paintings, fascination with water, and dream of flying. 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 and ingenious approach, a new show more mode of thinking, linked highly diverse areas of inquiry in startling new ways and ushered in a new era. In this work, the author, a science journalist, deciphers the forgotten legacy of this universal genius and demonstrates that today we have much to learn from Leonardo's way of thinking. The author sheds light on the mystery behind Leonardo's paintings, takes us through the many facets of his fascination with water, and explains the true significance of his dream of flying. It is a glimpse into the complex and brilliant mind of this inventor, scientist, and pioneer of a new world view, with profound consequences for our times. show lessTags
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A very cursory, and poorly written book on Da Vinci. Many sections seem more about the author than the subject of the book, and the minimal underlying theme leaves the book feeling thin and unfinished.
The final diatribe about the educational system is a discontinuity and takes away from the central theme of the book, and in general, the mixed tense and time spent describing the land masses and towns lead to a very choppy read.
I'd not recommend this book except insofar as to learn, at the surface, some of the more interesting features contained in Leonardo's various manuscripts, drawings, and paintings.
The final diatribe about the educational system is a discontinuity and takes away from the central theme of the book, and in general, the mixed tense and time spent describing the land masses and towns lead to a very choppy read.
I'd not recommend this book except insofar as to learn, at the surface, some of the more interesting features contained in Leonardo's various manuscripts, drawings, and paintings.
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Stefan Klein, PhD, has received the prestigious Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and include the #1 international bestseller The Science of Happiness, Survival of the Nicest, The Secret Pulse of Time, and Leanardo's Legacy.
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Fischer Taschenbuch (17880)
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- Canonical title
- Leonardo's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World
- Original title
- Da Vincis Vermächtnis oder Wie Leonardo die Welt neu erfand
- Original publication date
- 2005
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- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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- 11
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