Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophy—indeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive. Leonardo’s Notebooks collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them into one monumental volume that demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. Topics include Anatomy and the Movement of the Human Figure; Botany and Landscape; Engineering and Military Engineering; Physical Sciences; Aerodynamics and Flight; Geography—and more.

《哈默手稿》是指文艺复兴时期, 伟大的艺术家、科学家达·芬奇留下的72页的, 包含对解剖学、建筑学、天文学、岩石和化石的手稿草图。“当周围一片黑暗、人人沉睡之时, 他却过早地醒来。”--这“早醒者”将自己的发现和发明都隐藏在独有的“密码”之下, 殊不知500年前一并被隐藏的还有其怪异的内心世界。那就是1994年, 微软总裁比尔·盖茨以3080万美元的价格购买的达·芬奇的《哈默手稿》。