Leonardo da Vinci by Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan (.ePUB)
File Size: 75 MB
The Science and Technology of Leonardo da Vinci (Build It Yourself) by Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 75 MB
Overview: A science biography that examines the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci and offers kids the opportunity to make their own designs and inventions with hands-on activities!
Leonardo da Vinci is famous for the Mona Lisa and other works of art. His other claim to fame? Being an inventor!
During the Renaissance, inventors and other creative thinkers designed and constructed many new things. It was a time of discovery, wonder, and exploration. And one of the people on the forefront of that awakening was Leonardo da Vinci. In The Science and Technology of Leonardo da Vinci, readers ages 9 through 12 explore the life of one of the world’s most amazing minds. They discover what it might have been like to live in the fourteenth century, when work, entertainment, medicine, travel, and food were very different. They ponder the same kinds of questions that drove Leonardo to tinker and experiment endlessly, even while creating artwork that influenced entire generations who came after him. What is the inside of the body like? How might humans fly? How can geometry be used to design stronger buildings?
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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