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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

  • 599 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 2017
  • 21 editions
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1 About this book

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2017 biography of Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The book was written by Walter Isaacson, a journalist, biographer and former executive at CNN and president of the Aspen Institute.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a true life story and a long read.

  • Biography
  • Artists, biography
  • Scientists, biography
  • Biography & autobiography
  • Artists
  • Gifted persons
  • Scientists

2 About Walter Isaacson

Born 1952

Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk. As of 2024, Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and, since 2018, an interviewer for the PBS and CNN news show Amanpour & Company.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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