Amazing & Extraordinary: Leonardo Da Vinci

Amazing & Extraordinary: Leonardo Da Vinci

Cynthia Phillips, Shana Priwer
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Author:  Cynthia Phillips, Shana Priwer
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  144
Publisher:  David & Charles
Year:  2011
ISBN:  9781446301678

"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Leonardo Da Vinci" is a unique collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most amazing people ever to have lived. This engaging volume reveals Da Vinci's phenomenal accomplishments, including mathematical discoveries, investigating the secrets of the human body, inventing a robot and even his plans to divert the entire Arno River! Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. "The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts" series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

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