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Leonardo's Machines: Da Vinci's Inventions Revealed |  | Authors: Domenico Laurenza, Mario Taddei
Publisher: David & Charles
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 62971
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0715324446
Dewey Decimal Number: 609.2
EAN: 9780715324448
ASIN: 0715324446
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Product Description
Building on the success of The Da Vinci Code--a bestseller in 48 countries--this book brings inventions from the artist's original coded notebooks alive. There's more interest than ever in Leonardo Da Vinci, and here readers will find a rare glimpse into the innovator's brilliant mind, with: -Gorgeous color artwork that breathes life into Leonardo's inventions--from flying and war machines to musical instruments -Annotated diagrams that show exactly how each contraption would have worked -A look at how the inventions would be used in modern life With incredible detail and mechanical accuracy, Leonardo's Machines unlocks the mystery of the artist's notebooks in a way that's both fascinating and educational!
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VERY FASCINATING READING! January 17, 2010
John Watts (NYC, USA)
GET THIS BOOK. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. THERE IS SO MUCH TO READ ABOUT DAVINCI'S TALENTS AND INNOVATIONS AND SO MANY DRAWINGS THAT ARE JUST SO TANTILIZING TO CONSIDER. THIS IS ONE BOOK I WON'T PART WITH!
Leonardo's Machines October 19, 2009
Kathleen Lee Anderson (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent computer graphics illustrating Leonardo's work. -- As well as the story of the author, who goes through his quest to put together his masterpiece. - A few more intimate details of Leonardo's life would make to totally magical. Domenico Laurenze is more concerned with his researching the last books of Leonardo and how he found them. -- Seemed like a Indiana Jones adventure rather than an adoration of my personal god, Leonardo Di Vinci. -- But the 100s of reproductions of his Leonardo's original drawings made this book unforgetable.
Great book for budding engineers April 5, 2008
J. Peterson (Edmonds, Washington USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Facinating book with gorgeous drawings. We bought it for our 8 year old son who has always loved inventing and drawing machines of his own creation and were so impressed with it that we bought a copy to donate to his school library too.
Great Book - Only a how-to if you are VERY experienced! June 3, 2007
Happy Reader (Northern California)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I have tickets to see the traveling exhibit, "The Da Vinci Experience", in a couple months. It is a gorgeous book. Each machine covered has copies of the Da Vinci original plans, plus the editor's illustrations breaking the machine into it's components, with the placements of said componenets. Each machine has explanations of how components and the full machine work (or are supposed to work). Also, each machine has a history of Leonardo's drawings, purpose, client or personal notebooks, etc. It's a great book and looks gorgeous. I wouldn't think it would be a how-to for a school project unless the kid/parent had a lot of mechanical experience beforehand. All drawings show "real" components that you'd need a full shop to put together. There are no measurements, per se, just comparative sizes shown in the drawings. In the case of Leonardo's original drawings, it looks like this was deliberate. For example, the book's Introduction tells of Leonardo's problems with Giorgio Tedesco, an assistant of a prominant Medici. He wanted Leonardo to build him wooden models of several inventions. Leonardo successfully argued that he could only give Tedesco the scaled drawings. Historians surmise that Leonardo suspected that Tedesco would take the models back to his country, and take them apart to make full-sized machines out of iron without Leonardo's help. Job security was no laughing matter in the 1500's! Love the book. Can't wait to see the working full-sized (except for the half-size helicopter)models made from the drawings in the exhibition.
Very Practical book. useful for school projects September 5, 2006
Domhnall O'suibhne (Ireland)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
excellent illustrations. this book is a must for anybody contemplating building any of Leonardo's machines. Particularly for school projects. Disappointed that the crossbow wasn't included. Otherwise probably one of the best books available on his machines.
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