Leonardo da Vinci

by Isaacson, Walter

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Title Statements

Full title :Leonardo da Vinci / Walter Isaacson.

Summary

"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"-- Tomado de la solapa.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:october 2017.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:october 2017.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 599 páginas : : ilustraciones ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501139154, 1501139150, 9781501139178, 1501139177
oclc:on1059569531
LC Classification:N6923.L33
Dewey Decimal:709.2

Subjects

Artistas -- Biografía. -- Italia Artistes -- Biographies. -- Italie Artists Artists -- Biography. -- Italy Biographies Científicos -- Biografía. -- Italy Gifted persons Gifted persons -- Biography. -- Italy Italy Leonardo da Vinci ( Personas superdotadas -- Biografía. -- … Scientists Scientists -- Biography. -- Italy Surdoués -- Biographies. -- Italie