Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius

by Leonard Shlain, Kimberly Brooks, and Tiffany Shlain

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Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.Shlain asserts that Leonardo's genius came from a unique creative ability that allowed him to understand and excel in a wide range of fields. From here Shlain jumps off and discusses the history of and current research on human creativity that involves different modes of thinking and neuroscience .The author also boldly speculates on whether or not the qualities of Leonardo's brain and his creativity presage the future evolution of the human species.Leonardo's Brain uses da Vinci as a starting point for an exploration of human creativity. With his lucid style, and his remarkable ability to discern connections in a wide range of fields, Shlain brings the reader into the world of history's greatest mind. .
  • ISBN10 1493003356
  • ISBN13 9781493003358
  • Publish Date 21 October 2014 (first published 7 October 2014)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 28 October 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint The Lyons Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English