Leonardo’s Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World

Content: The mystery of the ten thousand pages --
The gaze. The artist as neuroscientist 
 Noses from the construction kit 
 Pyramidal law 
 In the library of Her Majesty 
 "How the scintillation of each star originates in the eye" --
Water. Remains of a lock 
 Seeking employment from the tyrant 
 Love nest in the mill 
 Leonardo becomes a writer 
 Water music 
 Single file through an alley --
War. The physics of destruction 
 Amorra, Ilopanna 
 Pact with the devil 
 Strangled at dawn 
 The beast within man --
The dream of flying. Alone against gravity 
 "Board up the large room above --
" 
 "Leonardo complicated matters" 
 The intrepid Judy Leden 
 Flying does not mean flapping wings --
Robots. Handbags and water heaters 
 The performance of the mechanical lion 
 A life for Leonardo 
 The bell ringer 
 Leonardo's computer --
Under the skin. In the mortuaries of Santa Maria Nuova 
 An x-ray view of sex 
 Man is a machine 
 Expeditions into the beating heart 
 "A philosopher more than a Christian" --
Final questions. Shells on the mountain slope 
 "How admirable Thy justice, O though first mover!" 
 The soul of the fetus 
 Visions of the end of the world --
The legacy.