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Reed, Jennifer

Leonardo da Vinci: Genius of Art and Science

128 pp. | Enslow | March, 2005 | Library ISBN 0-7660-2500-4 $26.60
(3) 4-6 Great Minds of Science series. After discussing how some of da Vinci's ideas apply to airplanes and summarizing his achievements, this text expands on those Renaissance achievements. Painting, optics, architecture, astronomy, meteorology, the human body--these and other subjects filled his notebooks, black-and-white illustrations from which are reproduced here, along with several contemporary photos. A few activities conclude the presentation. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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