Leonardo da Vinci, the 17th-century artist and visionary, devoted his life to depicting and
attempting to understand the elements and forces he observed around him. Physicians who …

by DIANE STANLEY he world saw Leonardo as courtly" and charming But at heart he was a
solitary man.“If you are alone” he once wrote,“you belong entirely to yourself.... If you are …

Abstract Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson and The Science of Leonardo by Fritjof
Capra are two books worth reading that canvas his investigations into the human anatomy …

In most cases the first words of an essay are an excuse for its being written; but we cannot
think that an honest endeavour to collect and place on record any facts or important opinions …

It is the compelling breadth of that vision which accounts both for the intellectual strengths
and practical weak-nesses of Leonardo the anatomist. Just looking at a number of the …

Water was always a favorite subject of investigation for Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). It
fascinated him so much that he imagined a “Book of Water” to appear first among all the …

The value of water Page 1 WISA’s Vision Inspiring passion for water Editor Kirsten Kelly
kirsten.kelly@3smedia.co.za Managing Editor Alastair Currie Head of Design Beren …

Clearly, water is the most important and widely used raw material of all. It is vital in every
sense of that word. It is a primary requirement of vegetable life and of animal life (and here I …