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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson, 2017

Long read, about 624 pages

Built from Leonardo's notebooks: curiosity as a way of life.

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  1. Isaacson builds the book from Leonardo's notebooks. What did they show you about how he thought?
  2. Is curiosity like his something you're born with, or something you can practise?
  3. Leonardo left much unfinished. Was that a flaw or part of his genius?

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