Neo Leo Neo Leo

Neo Leo

The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

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Publisher Description

An introduction to Leonardo da Vinci's genius focusing on his famous notebook sketches and the modern inventions they predicted.

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 Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago!

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. In Neo Geo, Gene Barretta cleverly shows how Leonardo's ideas—many inspired by his love of nature—foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future.

  • GENRE
    Kids
    RELEASED
    2009
    August 4
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    40
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
    SELLER
    Macmillan
    SIZE
    83.8
    MB

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