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Leonardo's legacy : how Da Vinci reimagined the world / Stefan Klein; translated by Shelley Frisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klein, Stefan, 1965-
- Standardized Title:
- Vermächtnis, oder, Wie Leonardo die Welt neu erfand. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
- Leonardo.
- Artists--Italy--Biography.
- Artists.
- Inventors--Italy--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Renaissance--Italy--Biography.
- Renaissance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <DIV>By the international bestselling author of <I>The Science of Happiness</I> and <I>The Secret Pulse of Time</I>, a fresh exploration of Leonardo da Vinci's real code: Science!</DIV>
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Mystery of the Ten Thousand Pages; I The Gaze; II Water; III War; IV The Dream of Flying; V Robots; VI Under the Skin; VII Final Questions; Epilogue: The Legacy; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Illustrations Plates; Acknowledgments; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612746604
- 9781282746602
- 128274660X
- 9780306819032
- 0306819031
- OCLC:
- 680283359
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