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Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why. Leonardoâs Brain uses Da Vinci as a starting point for an exploration of human creativity. With his lucid style, and his remarkable ability to discern connections in a wide range of fields, Shlain brings the listener into the world of historyâs greatest mind.Shlain asserts that Leonardoâs genius came from a unique creative ability that allowed him to understand and excel in a wide range of fields. From here Shlain jumps off and discusses the history and current research on human creativity that revolves around the right brain-left brain split. Most of us now know that there is a split between the right and the left side of the brain; the left primarily controls our rational mind, the right our emotions.Shlain discusses the cutting edge research that is refining our understanding of the split brain model and deepening our knowledge about the nature of human creativity. There is more integration between the left and right brains than previously thought. Shlain argues that Leonardo was unique in human history for the degree of integration that he showed. He also speculates on whether or not the qualities of Leonardoâs brain and his creativity presage the future evolution of man.Leonardoâs Brain integrates art, history, science, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy uniting all of the ideas that Leonard Shlain studied and wrote about since the publication of the influential and bestselling Art and Physics in 1991.
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9781493003358 | Lyons Pr, October 21, 2014, cover price $25.95
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9781493009398 | Reprint edition (Lyons Pr, December 1, 2015), cover price $18.95
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9781491529850 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 6, 2015), cover price $14.99
9781491529829 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 7, 2014), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.
9781491529836 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, October 7, 2014), cover price $14.99
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9781107025653 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 31, 2015, cover price $99.99
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9781451658965 | Simon & Schuster, August 5, 2014, cover price $28.00
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9781451658972 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, August 18, 2015), cover price $16.00
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9780521863308 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 9, 2012, cover price $104.99
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9781107671447 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, March 20, 2014), cover price $27.99
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9781107011830 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 31, 2011, cover price $110.00
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9781107600782 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 30, 2011, cover price $29.99
Product Description: Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialized from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by sophisticated and growing economies...read more
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9781107000308 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 30, 2011, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialized from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not.
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9780521168243 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 30, 2011, cover price $34.99
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9781107005037 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 18, 2011, cover price $105.00
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9780521182041 | Reissue edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, April 25, 2011), cover price $34.99
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