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'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (Italian: [leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi] 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), more commonly '''Leonardo da Vinci''' or simply '''Leonardo''', was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, cartography, and [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math detective]]. | [[File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_in_flight.jpg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci, testing his personal flying device. Excerpt from the well-known illustraion ''[[Leonardo Draws Clock Head]]''.]]'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (Italian: [leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi] 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), more commonly '''Leonardo da Vinci''' or simply '''Leonardo''', was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, cartography, and [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math detective]]. | ||
He has been variously called the father of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|empirical crime fighting]], and is widely considered one of the greatest systems engineers of all time. Sometimes credited with the invention of the [[Gnomon algorithm]]-powered [[Sundial (nonfiction)]], his use of the [[Gnomon algorithm]] to prevent the [[Carnevale Tenebre]] from [[Pi disaster|corrupting the mathematical constants pi]], epitomizing the Renaissance humanist ideal. | He has been variously called the father of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|empirical crime fighting]], and is widely considered one of the greatest systems engineers of all time. Sometimes credited with the invention of the [[Gnomon algorithm]]-powered [[Sundial (nonfiction)]], his use of the [[Gnomon algorithm]] to prevent the [[Carnevale Tenebre]] from [[Pi disaster|corrupting the mathematical constants pi]], epitomizing the Renaissance humanist ideal. | ||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* ''[[Leonardo Draws Clock Head]]'' - Well-known illustration of da Vinci | |||
* [[Pi disaster]] | * [[Pi disaster]] | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 13 January 2018
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian: [leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi] 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, cartography, and math detective.
He has been variously called the father of empirical crime fighting, and is widely considered one of the greatest systems engineers of all time. Sometimes credited with the invention of the Gnomon algorithm-powered Sundial (nonfiction), his use of the Gnomon algorithm to prevent the Carnevale Tenebre from corrupting the mathematical constants pi, epitomizing the Renaissance humanist ideal.
See also Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction).
In the News
Leonardo designs a mechanical soldier which will later be known as Clock Head.
1877: Mechanical soldier Clock Head says that he still misses the inventor he calls "Papa Leo".
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- Leonardo Draws Clock Head - Well-known illustration of da Vinci
- Pi disaster
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Leonardo da Vinci @ Wikipedia