Leonardo da Vinci
1452 - 1519
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist and scholar who had many talents in addition to his painting. He worked on mechanics, though geometry was his main love. He was involved in hydrodynamics, anatomy, mechanics, mathematics and optics.
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Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Leonardo da Vinci (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Lunar features | Crater da Vinci |
| Paris street names | Rue Leonardo da Vinci (16th Arrondissement) |
| Planetary features | Crater da Vinci on Mars |
Other Web sites
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Astroseti (A Spanish translation of this biography)
- Leonardo Museum at Vinci
- A calculating machine devised by Leonardo
- MIT (A bibliography on Leonardo)
- Illinois (Some of Leonardo's inventions)
- Some Leonardo links
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Mark Harden's Artchive (Some of Leonardo's pictures)
- George W Hart (Leonardo's polyhedra)
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