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Neo Leo the ageless ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

Cleverly shows how Leonardo's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more.

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Main Author: Barretta, Gene
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : H. Holt, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Inventors > Italy > Biography > Juvenile.
Leonardo, > da Vinci, > 1452-1519 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Inventions > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Cleverly shows how Leonardo's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780805087031 (hc : alk. paper)
0805087036 (hc : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Gene Barretta is the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin , and Dear Deer , which was a Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts and listed on the Parenting Magazine Mom-Tested Books of the Year List. He holds a B.F.A. in Film Studies from New York University, and has worked for many years in film and television production. He lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, with his wife and son.

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