Author:
Klein, Stefan, 1965-
Edition Statement:1st Da Capo Press ed.
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Originally published: Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, 2008.
Note:The mystery of the ten thousand pages -- The gaze. The artist as neuroscientist ; Noses from the construction kit ; Pyramidal law ; In the library of Her Majesty ; "How the scintillation of each star originates in the eye" -- Water. Remains of a lock ; Seeking employment from the tyrant ; Love nest in the mill ; Leonardo becomes a writer ; Water music ; Single file through an alley -- War. The physics of destruction ; Amorra, Ilopanna ; Pact with the devil ; Strangled at dawn ; The beast within man -- The dream of flying. Alone against gravity ; "Board up the large room above-- " ; "Leonardo complicated matters" ; The intrepid Judy Leden ; Flying does not mean flapping wings -- Robots. Handbags and water heaters ; The performance of the mechanical lion ; A life for Leonardo ; The bell ringer ; Leonardo's computer -- Under the skin. In the mortuaries of Santa Maria Nuova ; An x-ray view of sex ; Man is a machine ; Expeditions into the beating heart ; "A philosopher more than a Christian" -- Final questions. Shells on the mountain slope ; "How admirable Thy justice, O though first mover!" ; The soul of the fetus ; Visions of the end of the world -- The legacy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
