But, wonderful narrator, actor Alfred Molina, kept referring to illustrations in a PDF. Diane and I started listening to the 14 CD audio book alone. He wondered why the sky was blue (and then provided an explanation–later Einstein would ask the same question and provide the equations). Leonardo was as much an engineer as a painter. Di Vinci devotes pages and pages of his notebooks to the ways water swirls. Di Vinci was curious about EVERYTHING! He studied the human body by conducting dozens of dissections. Isaacson not only gives the reader insight into Leonardo’s painting, but also his turtle-like tanks, human-powered flying machines, and perpetual motion machines. I can’t imagine how much research Isaacson had to do in order to tackle the life of Di Vinci.
Steve Jobs and Einstein manage to give the reader a tour of these complicated lives. I’m a big fan of Walter Isaacson’s biographies.
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