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    <body><![CDATA[One of the defining periods of my life was when I read Leonardo's notebooks. His awareness, curiosity, and maddening drive towards perfection of his understanding of reality is beautiful. <br/><br/>You really get a grasp of his personality from the notebooks. He suffered greatly from the thought t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54403977">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Este libro es una joya. Lo compré hace años después de cenar en un sitio de esos que te ofrecen un sinfín de cosas a deshora por la portada y el título. Acabé de leerlo a las tres de la mañana. Las tres, hora en que desperté a mi hermano y se lo leí en voz alta de un tirón.<br/>Todavía m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36822305">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the ending and the sketches.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I begged my mom to get this for me from a museum gift store in Boston (I think).  I was thrilled, even though the volume I really wanted (the one with all the inventions) was sold out at the time, so I settled for this.  But it did help me understand parallax and other optics probl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23153759">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You don't ever really finish this book... it's something I  think I'll go back to again and again, for little snippets , inspiration and gestures from a genius. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This man lived on a separate plane, didn't he? One look at the work he did, trying to figure out how his mind worked, and you'll be as blown away as I.<br/><br/>The book is large and heavy; a coffee-table book for sure, but when I saw it I had to have it:)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Facinating insight into the mind of a genius, with one of the most important factors for me - the original text in the original language next to an English translation. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Facinating insight into the mind of a genius, with one of the most important factors for me - the original text in the original language next to an English translation. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[da vinci's interesting insights into a variety of topics; in particular, beauty and the art of depiction. would be great if the illustrations were included.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophy&#8212;indeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive. <br/><br/> <em>Leonardo&#8217;s Notebooks</em> collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them into one monumental volume that demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. Topics include Anatomy and the Movement of the Human Figure; Botany and Landscape; Engineering and Military Engineering; Physical Sciences; Aerodynamics and Flight; Geography&#8212;and more.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing read about studying the mind of one of the most amazing intellectuals of all-time. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilization. Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code and recent in-depth biographies have stimulated renewed interest in da Vinci and his complex and inquiring intelligence. This brand-new selection of sketches, diagrams, and writings from his notebooks is a beautiful and varied record of da Vincis theories and observations, embracing not only art but also architecture, town planning, engineering, naval warfare, music, medicine, mathematics, science, and philosophy. The notebooksa treasure trove of unparalleled ingenuity, curiosity, and creative energyhave inspired readers for centuries. This new selection is the perfect introduction to the mysteries of da Vinci.]]>
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