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020 _a9781501139154
_qhardcover
020 _z9781501139161 (softcover)
020 _z9781501139178 (ebook)
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040 _beng
_cFoundation University
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050 0 0 _aN 6923 .L33
_b.2017 I83
100 1 _aIsaacson, Walter,
_eauthor.
_912613
245 1 0 _aLeonardo da Vinci /
_cWalter Isaacson.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2017.
_42017.
300 _axii, 599 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 0 0 _aLeonardo da Vinci,
_cda Vinci,
_d1452-1519.
_912614
650 0 _aArtists
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_912615
650 0 _aScientists
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_912616
650 0 _aGifted persons
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_912617
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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_912618
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
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_912619
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
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_912620
655 7 _aBiographies.
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_0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aIsaacson, Walter, author.
_tLeonardo da Vinci
_dNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2017
_z9781501139178
_w(DLC) 2017021625
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