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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... read more
First Sentence
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Photographic Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: An Interpreter of Nature
Part One - Leonardo, The Man
1. Infinite Grace
2. The Universal Man
3. The Florentine
4. A Well-Employed Life
Part Two - Leonardo, The Scientist
5. Science in the Renaissance
6. Science Born of Experience
7. Geometry Done with Motion
8. Pyramids of Light
9. The Eye, the Senses, and the Soul
Epilogue: "Read me, O reader if in my words you find delight"
Appendix: Leonardo's Geometry of Transformations
Notes
Leonardo's Notebooks: Facsimiles and Transcriptions
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors
- Fritjof Capra (Author)
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