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020			_a9781501139154
050	0	0	_aN6923.L33 _bI827 2017
082	1		_a92 LEO _2
100	1		_aIsaacson, Walter
245	1	0	_aLeonardo da Vinci _c/ Walter Isaacson
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, 2017
300			_a599 p. _b: illus _c; 25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aHe was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? 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.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aDa Vinci, Leonardo _d(, 1452-1519)
650		4	_aArtists _z-Italy _v--Biography
650		4	_aScientists _z-Italy _v--Biography
650		4	_aGifted persons _v--Biography
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