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LEARN SOME HANDS ON HISTORY!

Leonardo daVinci

Inventions

YOU CAN BUILD

YOURSELF

Amazin G

LEARN SOME HANDS-ON HISTORY!

Leonardo daVinci

Inventions

YOU CAN BUILD

YOURSELF

MAXINE ANDERSON

Amazin G

Nomad Press

A division of Nomad Communications

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Endorsements

“We are all living in a Renaissance. Ours is a technological Renaissance, which would have amazed

Leonardo da Vinci. Although TV and the Internet have transformed our lives, many young people are

losing touch with the vital hands-on skills of creativity and inventiveness. Amazing Leonardo Inventions

You Can Build Yourself tackles this issue in a direct and inspiring way. Here is a book that encourages

young readers to explore the genius of Leonardo in an interactive, hands-on way. By following Maxine

Anderson’s clear instructions, readers can develop conidence in their practical abilities, make some

fascinating scientiic discoveries, learn about one of the world’s greatest geniuses, and have a huge

amount of fun in the process.”

—Laurence Anholt, Double Gold Award winners of the Smarties Book Prize

and author of Leonardo and the Flying Boy

“Leonardo would be thrilled with this book! He taught his students the principle of DIMOSTRAZIONE—

to think independently and learn through practical, hands-on experience. This is a wonderful resource

for children, and for adults who wish to experience a Renaissance of their childlike love of learning.”

—Michael J. Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

“Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself is both fun and factual. Children will

enjoy reading about his fascinating life and many creative and sometimes bizarre ideas, and be able to

see his ‘inventions’ actually come to life.”

—Robert Byrd, winner of The Golden Kite Award and author of Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer

“Leonardo, whose name is synonymous with ‘universal genius,’ may well have possessed the most

creative mind in history . . . Leonardo was also an astonishingly prescient scientist and engineer, who

invented entire disciplines in science centuries before they were to be reinvented. Amazing Leonardo da

Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself guides young readers to sample Leonardo’s mind by replicating

what were for him ‘mental inventions.’ The scheme cannot fail to make children more creative, more

questioning, and more appreciative of nature as well as natural law.”

—Bulent Atalay, PhD, scientist-artist and author of Math and the Mona Lisa

“A wonderful little book that gives an excellent introduction to Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential

Renaissance man. The text and illustrations are informative and engaging and surely will give kids a

sense of Leonardo’s great imaginative capacities as an artist, scientist, and inventor. The build yourself

projects are both instructive and entertaining and very effectively make the past seem present. I think

it is delightful.”

—Joy Kenseth, PhD, Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College

“Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance person: a master artist, scientist, inventor, and dreamer.

His ideas have fascinated scholars for centuries; many of his inventions bear an eerie resemblance to

modern-day tools and machines. This marvelous book will introduce you to some of Leonardo’s most

exciting ideas and innovations. You’ll also learn about the broader context in which Leonardo lived and

worked. Best of all, you get to build machines and explore the world much like Leonardo himself did.”

—David Kaiser, PhD, Physicist and Historian of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Creative, curiosity-provoking, informational, and just plain fun—kids will ind it irresistible.”

—Rebecca Rupp, PhD, Home Education Magazine

Acknowledgments

Without the following people, this book would not have been possible.

Many thanks to George Hart for his advice on Leonardo’s polyhedra;

Melinda Iverson of Brickish Creative and the Leonardo Bridge Project for

the use of the photograph of the Leonardo Bridge in Ås, Norway, as well

as Leonardo’s original sketch of the bridge; Jerry Everard for his design

ideas for the helical airscrew; John Berkenkamp for his ideas and hands-

on help creating the armoured tank; Lisa Spangenberg for her expertise

on Renaissance Italy; Rafaella Panigada for her help contacting the right

people at the right places in Italy; Robert Byrd, Laurence Anholt, Michael

Gelb, Bulent Atalay, David Kaiser, Joy Kenseth, and Rebecca Rupp for

their careful reviews and endorsements of the book; and to everyone at

Nomad Press for their patience, skills, and good humor. It has been a

pleasure to work with you.

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