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Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
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Based on 328 Ratings and 79 Reviews

Book Description
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago!

At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become h... More

Book Information
PublisherHenry Holt & Company, Inc.
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages40
ISBN-100805087036
ISBN-13978-0805087031
Publication Date08/04/2009
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About GENE BARRETTA (Author, Illustrator) : GENE BARRETTA is a published author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of GENE BARRETTA include Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, Jack ... more
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