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#133 – The Golden Ratio – Leonardo da Vinci Part 23
Despite sucking at maths, Leonardo eventually realised mathematics was the language of nature. Luckily, he became close friends with the mathematician Luca Pacioli. When Pacioli wrote a book…
#132 – The Laziest Genius Ever – Leonardo da Vinci Part 22
Leonardo loved machines, partly because he was fascinated with motion and energy. Other Renaissance artists drew machines, but only Leonardo drew them part by part to demonstrate the…
#131 – You'll Believe A Man Can Fly – Leonardo da Vinci Part 21
For about 20 years, LDV was obsessed with the idea of designing machines that would allow humans to fly. He studied birds and dragonflies, drew hundreds of drawings,…
#130 – Woodpecker Tongue – Leonardo da Vinci Part 20
Leonardo worked out gravity 200 years before Newton, the wave nature of light 200 years before Huygens, developed “da Vinci’s Rule” and understood the nature of time before…