Reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, aiming to reveal a sophistication heretofore, unrecognized by art historians or engineers. This book re... » 

Reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, aiming to reveal a sophistication heretofore, unrecognized by art historians or engineers. This book recovers Leonardo's notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments scattered in manuscripts are actually cohesive designs for functioning automata, and uses rough sketches. «