Where To Stream NOVA Season 46 Episode 21
Decoding da Vinci
- Aired November 13, 2019
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.3
- Number 113 Of 294 Rated Episodes
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo's success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his...