Full name: Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

Author: Gene Barretta Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, Science, Non Fiction, History, Art Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780805087031 9781250079602 0805087036 1250079608

In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago! At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more. Gene Barretta cleverly shows how Leonardo’s ideas—many inspired by his love of nature—foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future. Similar books: The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull So You Want to Be an Inventor? by Judith St. George Timeless Thomas by Gene Barretta Marvelous Mattie by Emily Arnold McCully Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton Electric Ben by Robert Byrd Ada Lovelace by Diane Stanley I am Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer Now & Ben by Gene Barretta Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne Accidents May Happen by Charlotte Foltz Jones The Tree of Life by Peter Sis Hedy's Folly by Richard Rhodes Muhammad Ali by Gene Barretta Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade Otis and Will Discover the Deep by Barb Rosenstock Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff