Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, relationships, and scientific studies as well as in the manuscripts spot lighted by their sale at auction to Bill Gates. Nuland detects the siren voice that lured the great artist so often into the arms of science his fascination with anatomy, first as the basis for his paintings and then as the crucial component in his aim to systematize all knowledge of nature. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland's LEONARDO DA VINCI takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
