Leonardo da Vinci

Author

Kathleen Krull

Call Number

• J 921 L (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, 2005.

Physical Description

124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Audience

10 up.

Summary

A biography of a Renaissance scientist who wanted to learn everything about the natural world.

Contents

• "So many things unknown!"
• Outsider
• "Desire to know is natural"
• "Nothing but full privies"
• "Lying on a feather mattress"
• "Universe stands open"
• Citizen of the world
• Fabulous notebooks
• Fabulous notebooks, part 2
• "I have wasted my hours"
• "I will continue"
• What happened next?
• Leonardo's notebooks and where they are now.