Fritjof Capra (44 page)
Authors: The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance
Tags: #Science; Renaissance, #Italy, #16th Century, #Artists; Architects; Photographers, #Science, #Science & Technology, #Individual Artists, #General, #Scientists - Italy - History - to 1500, #Renaissance, #To 1500, #Scientists, #Biography & Autobiography, #Art, #Leonardo, #Scientists - Italy - History - 16th Century, #Biography, #History
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Capra, Fritjof.
The science of Leonardo: inside the mind of the great genius of the Renaissance / Fritjof Capra.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519. 2. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519—Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. 3. Scientists—Italy—History—To 1500—Biography. 4. Scientists—Italy—History—16th century—Biography. 5. Science, Renaissance. I. Title.
Q143.L5C37 2007
509.2—dc22
[B]
2007002461
eISBN: 978-0-385-52411-7
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