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Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
Gene Barretta
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Description for Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
Paperback. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more. Gene Barretta cleverly shows how da Vinici's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future. Num Pages: 40 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YNH; YNM; YNT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 254 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But someone thought of all these ideas first, over five hundred years ago: Leonardo da Vinci. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more. Gene Barretta cleverly shows how da Vinici's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future.
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But someone thought of all these ideas first, over five hundred years ago: Leonardo da Vinci. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more. Gene Barretta cleverly shows how da Vinici's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Square Fish
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250079602
SKU
V9781250079602
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99-15
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