Learning from Leonardo : decoding the notebooks of a genius / Fritjof Capra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capra, Fritjof.

Series:

BK currents book.

A BK currents book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

Leonardo.

Creative ability in science.

Discoveries in science.

Science, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bestselling and world-renowned author Fritjof Capra presents the first in-depth and full description of Leonardo da Vinci's amazing scientific work and discoveries in geology, anatomy, flight, mechanics, botany, and fluid dynamics. And Capra reveals what readers can learn for their own lives and work from ten characteristics of Leonardo's genius.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Leonardo's Science of Living Forms

I. Form and Transformation in the Macrocosm

1. The Movements of Water

2. The Living Earth

3. The Growth of Plants

II. Form and Transformation in the Human Body

4. The Human Figure

5. The Elements of Mechanics

6. The Body in Motion

7. The Science of Flight

8. The Mystery of Life

Appendix A: Chronology of Leonardo's Life and Work

Appendix B: Timeline of Scientific Discoveries

Notes

Leonardo's Notebooks: Facsimiles and Transcriptions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781609949907

1609949900

OCLC:

862373554