The science of Leonardo : inside the mind of the great genius of the Renaissance / Fritjof Capra.

  • Capra, Fritjof.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
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Publication/Creation

New York ; London : Doubleday, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xx, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Edition

1st ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-307) and index.

Contents

1: Leonardo, the man -- Infinite grace -- The universal man -- The Florentine -- A well-employed life -- 2: Leonardo, the scientist -- Science in the Renaissance -- Science born of experience -- Geometry done with motion -- Pyramids of light -- The eye, the senses, and the soul -- "Read me, O reader, if in my words you find delight".

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    History of Medicine
    AB.AA4-5
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ISBN

  • 9780385513906
  • 0385513909