Bibliograph

Leonardo da Vinci, by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Type

Label

Leonardo da Vinci, by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-124) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Leonardo da Vinci

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

58526318

Responsibility statement

by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Series statement

Giants of science

Summary

For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever way to slice through eyeballs (notoriously squishy!). Scrupoulously researched and juicily anecdotal, Kathleen Krull's portrait of Leonardo will not only change children's ideas of who he was, but also what it means to be a scientist

Table Of Contents

So many things unknown! -- The outsider -- The desire to know is natural -- Nothing but full privies -- Lying on a feather mattress -- The universe stands open -- Citizen of the world -- The fabulous notebooks -- The fabulous notebooks, part 2 -- I have wasted my hours -- I will continue -- What happened next? -- Leonardo's notebooks and where they are now

Target audience

juvenile

Classification