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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
The best biography I've come across. Fascinating from beginning to end.
informative
medium-paced
Walter Isaacson is a good story teller. Reading this is like watching the life of Leonardo been played out in a TV series. I feel a little melancholy when I reach the part "The soup is getting cold". I don't want the story to end. I love the book made Leonardo so human, the only thing Leonardo did very well was, he was SUPER curious, about anything and everything, and he was imaginative and creative.
What causes springs of water to emerge from mountain ? Why do valleys exists ? What makes the moon shine ? How did fossils get on mountains? What causes water and air to swirl in a vortex ? And, most emblematically, why is the sky blue ? All these questions were so....ahead of his time. He was not a genius, he was a trailblazer.
What causes springs of water to emerge from mountain ? Why do valleys exists ? What makes the moon shine ? How did fossils get on mountains? What causes water and air to swirl in a vortex ? And, most emblematically, why is the sky blue ? All these questions were so....ahead of his time. He was not a genius, he was a trailblazer.
well done! my take away from this book? Leonardo was pretty talented! ;0
Absolutely fascinating read about one of the most influential people in history. Sometimes reads more like an art history lecture in university rather than a straight biography, and the ending turning into a TED talk about how to live like Leonardo brings it down a bit, but still essential reading.
informative
medium-paced
Isaacson tem vindo a escrever biografias sobre vários criadores multidisciplinares, ou polímatas, — Benjamim Franklin (2003), Steve Jobs (2011) e Ada Lovelace (2014) — e alguns génios — Einstein (2009) e Alan Turing (2014) —, tendo a última, sobre Leonardo (2017), servido como síntese dos dois tipos de criadores, dadas as capacidades deste no abraçar de múltiplas artes (desenho, pintura, escultura, música ou arquitetura) e múltiplas ciências (engenharia, geometria, cartografia, anatomia, biologia, astronomia, ou física), e por em várias ter aprofundado e conseguido revolucionar o conhecimento existente — técnicas de pintura (sfumato e luz), geometria (perspectiva e vistas de sólidos) e engenharia (sistemas e hidráulica). Pode-se até discutir o valor de algumas das suas revoluções, mas não se pode retirar o mérito e brilhantismo de cada uma dessas inovações, o que em síntese nos obriga a colocar Leonardo no topo dos criadores de conhecimento de toda a História.
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4.5 stars.
This is excellent. It’s engaging, interesting, and exploratory in a way that I’d not normally expect a biography to be. But I guess that’s why the author has the renown he has.
I learned an unbelievable amount about an impressive number of subjects and was able to reconnect deeply with a time and set of characters I’d only ever glossed over in the past.
In the end, this well-exceeded my expectations and would broadly recommend to anyone.
This is excellent. It’s engaging, interesting, and exploratory in a way that I’d not normally expect a biography to be. But I guess that’s why the author has the renown he has.
I learned an unbelievable amount about an impressive number of subjects and was able to reconnect deeply with a time and set of characters I’d only ever glossed over in the past.
In the end, this well-exceeded my expectations and would broadly recommend to anyone.