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The Science Of Leonardo: Inside The Mind Of The Great Genius Of The Renaissance
by Capra, Fritjof
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0385513909
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513906
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Doubleday, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Brown Over One Quarter Burgundy. Gilt Titling On The Spine. The Book Has A Rem. Dot On The Lower Edges And A Few Dings To The Board Edges. No Ownership Information Present. The Unclipped Jacket Has Light Rubbing And A One Quarter Inch Tear At The Lower Front Flap Fold. Some Scuffing At The Middle Of The Back Flap Fold.
Synopsis
Leonardo da Vinci's pioneering scientific work was virtually unknown during his lifetime. Now acclaimed scientist and bestselling author Fritjof Capra reveals that Leonardo was in many ways the unacknowledged "father of modern science." Drawing on an examination of over 6,000 pages of Leonardo's surviving notebooks, Capra explains that Leonardo approached scientific knowledge with the eyes of an artist. Through his studies of living and nonliving forms, from architecture and human anatomy to the turbulence of water and the growth patterns of grasses, he pioneered the empirical, systematic approach to the observation of nature--what is now known as the scientific method. Leonardo's scientific explorations were extraordinarily wide-ranging. He studied the flight patterns of birds to create some of the first human flying machines. Using his understanding of weights and levers and trajectories and forces, he designed military weapons and defenses, and was in fact regarded as one of the foremost military engineers of his era. He studied optics, the nature of light, and the workings of the human heart and circulatory system. Because of his vast knowledge of hydraulics, he was hired to create designs for rebuilding the infrastructure of Milan and the plain of Lombardy, employing the very principles still used by city planners today. He was a mechanical genius, and yet his worldview was not mechanistic but organic and ecological. This is why, in Capra's view, Leonardo's science--centuries ahead of his time in a host of fields--is eminently relevant to our time.Enhanced with fifty beautiful sepia-toned illustrations, The Science of Leonardo is a fresh and important portrait of a colossal figure in the world of science and the arts.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043791
- Title
- The Science Of Leonardo: Inside The Mind Of The Great Genius Of The Renaissance
- Author
- Capra, Fritjof
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385513909
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513906
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 329
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Leonardo, - Da Vinci, - 1452-1519; Scientists - Biography - History - To 1500 - Italy; Scientists - Biography - History - 16Th Century - Italy; Science, Renaissance. Science & Technology
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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