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Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson

biographyfictionmemoirsciencetechnology
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Bill Gates
Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft

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Sheds light on every facet of [Leonardo da Vinci]’s life.
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Joe Gebbia

Co-founder of Airbnb

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CEO of Microsoft

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Andrej Karpathy
Andrej Karpathy

Director of AI at Tesla

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This is an engrossing, well-paced biography that is a pleasure to read. I'm left with a deep and motivating admiration of many facets of Leonardo's character, especially his eager mind, attention to detail, thinking from first principles, his use extensive use of physical notebooks, and, most intriguingly, his use of art as a thinking tool. It's fascinating to get a glimpse of someone so far ahead of his time, and it's fun to think about what he would make of today. 4/5
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson

Biographer of Steve Jobs and Da Vinci

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