Learning from Leonardo; Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius by Fritjof Capra - ISBN: 9781609949891
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Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, and even musician. But he was also a profoundly modern man. Not only did Leonardo invent the empirical scientific method, but Capra’s study of Leonardo’s notebooks reveals that he was a systems thinker…

Learning from Leonardo; Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius

Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius

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    408 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2018

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Summary

“This remarkable exposition of Leonardo’s work” illuminates how he was centuries ahead of his time-and the lessons we can learn from his style of thought (Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University).Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, and inventor. But he was also, Fritjof Capra argues, a profoundly modern man. Capra’s decade-long study of Leonardo’s fabled notebooks reveal him as a “systems thinker” centuries before the term was coined. Leonardo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781609949891
ISBN-10:1609949897
Author:Fritjof Capra
Publisher:Berrett-Koehler
Imprint:Berrett-Koehler
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:408
Release Date:1 January 2018
Weight:822g
Dimensions:243mm x 165mm x 35mm
Series:BK Currents (Hardcover)
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Critics Review

“This remarkable exposition of Leonardo’s work provides in analysis and illustration not only the nature of genius but the intellectual epic that can unfold whenever the human mind is set free.” —Edward o. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, and author of the best-selling The Social Conquest of Earth and Letters to a Young Scientist “ In this meticulously crafted work, Capra leads us into the mind and heart of Leonardo so that we experience firsthand his relentless curiosity, his desire to understand the living world on its own terms, his willingness to let go of treasured ideas and concepts in exchange for new ones. Journeying so intimately with Leonardo has given me a rich appreciation for the qualities of a Renaissance person, and what shines through above all is Leonardo’s never-faltering love for that which he was observing: this beautiful, interwoven, life-sustaining planet.” —Margaret Wheatley, author of So Far from Home and Leadership and the New Science

About The Author

Fritjof Capra

Fritjof Capra, PhD, physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy. Capra is on the faculty of Schumacher College in England and frequently gives management seminars for top executives. He is the author of several international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point, The Web of Life, The Hidden Connections, and The Science of Leonardo.

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