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Leonardo da Vinci

Isaacson, Walter (author.).

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"--

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  • ISBN: 9781501139154 (hardback) :
  • ISBN: 1501139150 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9781501139161 (trade paperback)
  • ISBN: 1501139169 (trade paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781925596861 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 1925596869 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 599 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index.

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Subject:
Leonardo -- da Vinci -- 1452-1519
Artists -- Italy -- Biography
Scientists -- Italy -- Biography
Gifted persons -- Italy -- Biography

Available copies

  • 35 of 38 copies available at Westchester Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Pelham Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 38 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Town of Pelham Public Library B LEONARDO (Text) 31023151339988 Biography Available -
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