The Innovators Behind Leonardo The True Story of the Scientific and Technological Renaissance /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Innocenzi, Plinio (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Technology.; Technology-History.; Physics.; History.; Mathematics.; Engineering design.; Popular Science in Technology.; History of Technology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Engineering Design.

This engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci's scientific achievements within the wider context of the rapid development that occurred during the Renaissance. It demonstrates how his contributions were not in fact born of isolated genius, but rather part of a rich period of collective advancemen...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Note to the Readers
• Abbreviations
• 1 Leonardo and the "Others": Engineers and Inventors of the Early Italian Renaissance
• 2 Cupolas and Machines
• 3 A Codex "Atlanticus": A Book Thief, Jokes, and Fake Bicycles
• 4 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
• 5 Flotation, Walking on Water, and Diving Under the Sea
• 6 Paddle Boats, Submarines, and Other Sea Vessels
• 7 Wind Chariots and "Automobiles"
• 8 Perpetuum Mobile
• 9 Homo ad Circulum
• 10 A Friend, an Enigmatic Portrait, and Two Duchesses
• 11 The Divine Proportion
• 12 The Geometry of Shapes and Unfashionable Headgear
• 13 The Measure of Time
• 14 Mission Impossible: Squaring the Circle
• 15 A Lost Industrial Revolution and Leonardo's Gun
• 16 Beyond Leonardo
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2.