This is a new book by Walter Isaacson called Leonardo Da Vinci. Isaacson has done many wonderful biographies including Einstein, Steve Jobs, Ben Franklin. It is a 600 page book full of detailed research. It was on hold at the library for weeks and a copy finally became available for me. However, the details from 600 years ago have overwhelmed me somehow and I did not enjoy the book. It is hard to draw definite conclusions, there are a lot of 'it seems' and 'perhaps' from a time past. I don't know if I really care. Maybe it would be a good study text for a school course.
Interestingly, a Da Vinci painting (the Salvator Mundi) sold at auction Nov 15th for US 450.3 million dollars. That's not bad for a 400 year old painting.
