The Resource Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
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The item Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 599 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501139154
- Label
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Title
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Statement of responsibility
- Walter Isaacson
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Isaacson, Walter,
- Dewey number
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- 709.2
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- N6923.L33
- LC item number
- I827 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Leonardo
- Artists
- Scientists
- Gifted persons
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Label
- Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 980433369
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 599 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501139154
- Lccn
- 2017020817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- Label
- Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 980433369
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 599 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501139154
- Lccn
- 2017020817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Biographies
- Gifted persons -- Italy -- Biography
- Artists -- Italy -- Biography
- Scientists -- Italy -- Biography
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
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