Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
| Leonardo Da Vinci | |
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| Born |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci April 15, 1452 Vinci, Italy |
| Died | May 2, 1519 (aged 67) Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer |
| Notable work | Paintings including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Many scientific drawings including The Vitruvian Man. |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. Whilst most famous for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology, geometry, hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics, pyrotechnics, and zoology.
While the full extent of his scientific studies has only become recognized in the last 150 years, he was, during his lifetime, employed for his engineering and skill of invention. Many of his designs, such as the movable dikes to protect Venice from invasion, proved too costly or impractical. Some of his smaller inventions entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time, conceptually inventing an improved version of the helicopter based on earlier preexisting ancient Chinese helicopter toy technology, an armoured fighting vehicle, the use of concentrated solar power, a calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics and the double hull. In practice, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, astronomy, civil engineering, optics, and the study of water (hydrodynamics).
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