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Few people can rival Leonardo Da Vinci for the title of supreme genius of the ages. Perhaps known first as an artist his paintings the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are among the most famous recognizable and parodied works of all time.
But Leonardo was the very definition of a Renaissance man in addition to being a visionary painter he was an engineer anatomist and chronicler of science. In fact so vast was his innovations that today some argue that he should be thought of as a scientist first.
Unfortunately, most of his scientific work documented in at least 7,000 pages of notes he left behind remained hidden lost or scattered around various collections for years.
Even centuries after his death and because he didn’t have a lot of formal training Leonardo didn’t know Latin so even during his lifetime he wasn’t able to converse much with the academic world.
Such as it was back then so the weird result of all this is that despite some really pioneering research Leonardo had a minimal impact on the science and technology of his time.
Today thankfully we have put enough of the pieces together from the Leonardo puzzle to really see how ahead of his time he was in many ways and in fact we’re still learning from him.
Leo was born in 1452 in Vinci Italy yes his name means of Vinci he was born out of wedlock to a prominent notary and the young peasant girl and was raised by his father on the family estate.
Despite what you might expect from a genius Da Vinci didn’t receive much of a formal education beyond basic reading writing and arithmetic. as a budding artist he apprenticed under the famous Florentine painter and sculptor with whom he remained until he became a master in his own right.