Raynham, Alex,

Leonardo da Vinci / Oxford Bookworms Stage 2 Alex Raynham. - Simplified edition. - 56 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Factfiles. Stage 2 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 2. Factfiles. .

Also published as a complete recording on CD.

Leonardo da Vinci -- Early life -- Painting and sculpture -- Into the dark -- The great inventor -- Leonardo's city -- A time of war -- The entertainer -- Man of mystery -- Leaving -- A man who questioned everything.

All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions: "What does the world look like from the moon?" "How do our bodies work?" "Is it possible for people to fly?" "Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?" "How can we have cleaner cities?" He was a great artist, and also one of the great thinkers of all time. Even today, doctors and scientists are still learning from his ideas. Meet the man who made a robot lion, wrote backwards, and tried to win a war by moving a river... -- adapted from back cover.

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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 --Juvenile literature.
Leonardo.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.


Painters--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Painters--Italy--BiographyJuvenile literature.
Scientists--Italy--BiographyJuvenile literature.
Painters.
Scientists.


Italy.


Biographies.
Juvenile works.

N6923.L33 / R35 2013

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