02798cam a2200433 i 4500 7189 7189 19617018 OSt 20200206173101.0 170501s2017 nyua b 001 0beng 2017020817 9781471166785 (softcover) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc e-it--- N6923.L33 I827 2017 709.2 ISA B 23 BIO001000 BIO015000 BIO006000 bisacsh Isaacson, Walter, author. Leonardo da Vinci / Walter Isaacson. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. xii, 599 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index. "He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. 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"-- Provided by publisher. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Artists Italy Biography. Scientists Italy Biography. Gifted persons Italy Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. bisacsh Online version: Isaacson, Walter, author. Leonardo da Vinci New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017 9781501139178 (DLC) 2017021625 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 134/4 AIISH AIISH 2020-02-06 0 709.2 ISA 21995 2020-02-06 00:00:00 2020-02-06 STL