Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Innocenzi, Plinio
Titre(s) : The innovators behind Leonardo [Texte électronique] : the true story of the scientific and technological Renaissance / Plinio Innocenzi ; foreword by Edward Burman
Publication : Cham : Springer, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 online resource : illustrations
Note(s) : 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 advancement in science and technology, which began at
least 50 years prior to his birth. Readers will discover a very special moment in
history, when creativity and imagination were changing the future--shaping our present.
They will be amazed to discover how many technological inventions had already been
conceived or even designed by the engineers and inventors who preceded Leonardo, such
as Francesco di Giorgio and Taccola, the so-called Siena engineers. This engaging
volume features a wealth of illustrations from a variety of original sources, such
as manuscripts and codices, enabling the reader to see and judge for him or herself
the influence that other Renaissance engineers and inventors had on Leonardo
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Burman, Edward. Postfacier
Sujet(s) : Léonard de Vinci (1452-1519)
Inventions -- Italie -- 15e siècle
Inventions -- Italie -- 16e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
609.2 (23e éd.) = Technologie - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319904498. - ISBN 3319904493. - ISBN 9783319904481 (erroné). - ISBN 3319904485.
- ISBN 9783319904481
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45785990h
Notice n° :
FRBNF45785990
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
