Leonardo Da Vinci

by Alex Raynham

Book Overview

'What does the world look like from the moon?' 'How do our bodies work?' 'Is it possible for people to fly?' 'Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?' 'How can we have cleaner cities?' All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was one of the great thinkers of all time, and even today, doctors and scientists are still learning from his ideas. Meet the man who made a robot lion, wrote backwards, and tried to win a war by moving a river ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0194236706
• ISBN13: 9780194236706
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 8.6"