Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

A lot of research went into this book. Isaacson became famous as the biographer of Steve Jobs. I am a bit of a Steve Jobs detractor. He had his good points, but seemed like an all around a**hole.

Leonardo Da Vinci, on the other hand, seems a less greedy for attention genius.

The book describes his various interests including his detailed study of vision which related strongly to his painting; one thing among many for which he is famous. A very intuitive person and yet he performed experiments to try to better prove his theories. He wrote a fair amount of notes, but published little.

He's a very interesting character, and the book provides a very worthwhile investigation of his talents and interesting personality.