Leonardo Da Vinci's Elements of the Science of Man

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Front Cover; Leonardo Da Vinci's Elements of the Science of Man; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dediction; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Leonardo's Alphabet and Numbers; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Scientific Biography of Leonardo da Vinci; THE YOUNG ARTIST-INVENTOR INFLORENCE (1452-1483); LEONARDO'S PERSONALITY; LEONARDO'S FIRST PERIOD IN MILAN (1483-1499); LEONARDO'S SECOND SOJOURN IN FLORENCE (1500-1506; LEONARDO'S VISIT TO PIOMBINO; LEONARDO'S STUDIES OF THE MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM; LEONARDO'S SECOND SOJOURN IN MILAN (1506-1513); ROME

CITY OF FRUSTRATION (1513-1516). THE LAST YEARS AT AMBOISE (1516-1519)REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Leonardo's Gateway to Science: To Know How to See; Part I. Physics; THE NATURE OF LIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE; THE EYE IS THE WINDOW OF THE SOUL; SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE; THE NATURE OF LIGHT, SHADE AND PERSPECTIVE; THE NATURE OF SHADOW; THE RADIATION OF LIGHT; THE PATTERN OF REFLECTION; EXPERIMENTS WITH THE CAMERA OBSCURA; THE SPREAD OF LIGHT IN CIRCULAR WAVES; THE MOVEMENT OF ALL THE POWERS; Part II. Physiology: How the Eye Forms the Window of the Soul; LIGHT, VISION AND THE BRAIN; HOW THE FIVE SENSES ARE THE MINISTERS OF THE SOUL. 'THE EYE, THE INSTRUMENT OF VISION'THEORIES OF VISION: EXTRAMISSION OR INTRAMISSION; THE 'CRUCIAL' EXPERIMENTS; THE ESSENCE OF SENSATION; THE PUPIL; THE CORNEA; THROUGH THE OPTIC NERVE TO THE IMPRENSIVA; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; Appendix; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. The Elements of Leonardo's World; WHAT ARE ELEMENTS; THE STUFF OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS; THE FOUR ELEMENTS; THE ELEMENTS OF THE MOON AND STARS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The Four Powers; THE ELEMENTS OF MACHINES; THE FOUR POWERS; MOVEMENT; FORCE; POWER TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFORMATION; PERCUSSION; REFERENCES. Chapter 5. Leonardo's Scientific Methods and the Mathematics of His Pyramidal LawMODELS; MATHEMATICS: NATURAL GEOMETRY; TRANSFORMATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Movements of Man and Animals; THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN MOVEMENTS; EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS; THE MOVEMENTS OF MAN, THE MACHINE; LOCAL'MOVEMENT OF MAN AND ANIMALS; JUMPING; MOVEMENT IN WATER; MOVEMENT IN THE AIR; LANDING; APPENDIX: LEONARDO'S CALCULATION ON MAN-POWERED FLIGHT; Chapter 7. Leonardo's Anatomical Approach to the Mechanism of the Human Body; Chapter 8. Leonardo's Anatomy of the Eye and Physiology of Vision. THE RESUMPTION OF ANATOMICAL RESEARCH ON THE ANATOMY OF VISIONTHE CONTENTS OF MS D; BINOCULAR VISION; SPECTACLES; COLOUR VISION; Chapter 9. From Sound and Hearing to Voice and Music; SOUND; THE ORIGIN OF SOUND; HUMAN VOICE PRODUCTION; THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOUND; THE EAR AND HEARING; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. The Senses and the Soul; THE SENSE OF SMELL; TOUCH; PAIN AND TRAUMA; THE SENSO COMUNE AND THE NATURE OF THE SOUL; THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF THE BODY AND SOUL; Chapter 11. The Nervous System; Chapter 12. The Mechanism of the Bones and Joints of Man