query: what inventions did da vinci made?

title: Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci

text: itself would have rotated in the opposite direction to the rotor. While he designed a number of man powered flying machines with mechanical wings that flapped, he also designed a parachute and a light hang glider which could have flown. The viola organista was an experimental musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci. It was the first bowed keyboard instrument (of which any record has survived) ever to be devised. Leonardo's original idea, as preserved in his notebooks of 1488–1489 and in the drawings in the Codex Atlanticus, was to use one or more wheels, continuously rotating, each of which

text: Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. Whilst most famous for his paintings such as the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper", Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology, geometry, hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics, pyrotechnics, and zoology. While the full extent of his scientific studies has only become recognized in the last 150 years, he was, during his lifetime, employed for his engineering and skill of invention. Many of

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and he is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter, and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo

title: The House of Da Vinci

text: puzzles, inventions, escape mechanisms and objects hidden in all corners of decorated rooms. The players have to solve series of puzzles in different rooms in order to find whether Da Vinci has left any message for him. Apart from complex puzzles that are physics based, the player gains access to two lenses with supernatural abilities. With one, he can see hidden codes and with the other he can see what had happened in the past. The player occasionally gets to see letters from his master Da Vinci and also from the antagonists. The player gets closer to finding the truth

title: Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci

text: Leonardo's backwards handwriting to hide a secret message on the American bookjacket. Among the many criticisms of Brown's writing is that he uses the name da Vinci (meaning "from Vinci") in the manner that surnames are commonly used nowadays. Leonardo would never have been referred to simply as "da Vinci" in his lifetime. Such designations were appended to common baptismal names in order to identify individuals. Films which are about the life of Leonardo or in which he appears as a character: Films which refer to Leonardo's works or inventions: Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (April

title: The House of Da Vinci

text: after completion of every level. Blue Brain Games is an indie team of graphic artists and developers, all of whom are people interested in both 3D puzzle games and the renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci. The House of Da Vinci was successfully funded on Kickstarter in late 2016. 2,391 adventure game enthusiasts backed the game. Merlina McGovern of adventuregames.com rated the game 3.5 out of 5 wrote that "Although "The House of Da Vinci" is slightly marred by persnickety mechanics and the occasionally frustrating puzzle, exploring the mind of a genius by reverse engineering his inventions will pull you into

text: Verrocchio's workshop, did not. Two of Leonardo's earliest paintings, both scenes of the "Annunciation" show his competent understanding of the linear perspective. Leonardo da Vinci was profoundly observant of nature, his curiosity having been stimulated in early childhood by his discovery of a deep cave in the mountains and his intense desire to know what lay inside. His earliest dated drawing, 1473, is of the valley of the Arno River, where he lived. It displays some of the many scientific interests that were to obsess him all his life, in particular geology and hydrology. During the Renaissance, the study of

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: testing the tensile strength of wire. A number of his most practical inventions are displayed as working models at the Museum of Vinci. He made substantial discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, geology, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science. Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452 (Old Style) "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno river in the territory of the Medici-ruled Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was one of three dreadnoughts built for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men. The Italians blamed Austro-Hungarian saboteurs for her loss, but it may have been accidental. "Leonardo da Vinci" was refloated in 1919 and plans were made to repair her. Budgetary constraints did not permit this and her hulk was sold for scrap in 1923.

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: Da Vinci Surgical System The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, it is designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach, and is controlled by a surgeon from a console. The system is commonly used for prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac valve repair and gynecologic surgical procedures. According to the manufacturer, the da Vinci System is called "da Vinci" in part because Leonardo da Vinci's "study of human anatomy eventually led to the design of the first known

title: Pierino da Vinci

text: 1500–1561), who was then in Pisa in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It depicts Ugolino and his sons. The work is now in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum. Several sculptures, now believed to be by Pierino da Vinci, were at one time attributed to Michelangelo. Pierino da Vinci Pierino da Vinci (–1553 or 1554), born Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci (), was an Italian sculptor, born in the small town of Vinci in Tuscany; he was the nephew of Leonardo da Vinci. The son of Bartolomeo da Vinci, Leonardo’s

title: Da Vinci Schools

text: "Da Vinci Schools are among the very finest I've seen." Former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, said "Da Vinci Schools should be a model for other public schools in the state." The Los Angeles Times reported that Da Vinci Schools offer a teaching model that would make Leonardo da Vinci proud. Ninety-eight (98%) of Da Vinci graduates have successfully completed the A-G subject requirements for admission to a University of California or Cal State campus (a rate 51% higher than the State Average). Da Vinci graduates have been accepted to every UC and CSU, and to Stanford,

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: adding the caption “They did surgery on a grape” as many times as they could to their post. The phrase has also become very popular on Twitter, with many tweets tying to use the phrase in as many creative ways as possible. Da Vinci Surgical System The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, it is designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach, and is controlled by a surgeon from a console. The system is commonly used for

title: The Da Vinci Code WebQuests

text: The Da Vinci Code WebQuests The Da Vinci Code" WebQuests (also called The Da Vinci Code" Challenges) are a series of web-based puzzles related to the bestselling 2003 novel "The Da Vinci Code", as well as the 2006 film. There have been several web quests, none of which directly related to any other. Probably the most well known is the game run by Google, though it was ultimately met with much more public criticism than the other various games. The original "Da Vinci Code" web quest challenges were first made available via the website of the book's author, Dan Brown,

title: Da Vinci Systems

text: 888 digital video processing in place of the analog video processing. This system was manufactured from 1992–1998. Its features included: Additional options for the digital 888 included: Early versions had a double backplane chassis (4:2:2 only) and used an extra interface module, the EMC, to function with URSA control busses. 888s were normally used with a separate TLC1 or 2 editors and an additional interface was required for this on URSA installations. da Vinci also made the da Vinci Light. This was not marketed, so not many were sold. It is a da Vinci DUI 888 without the digital 888

title: Pierino da Vinci

text: Pierino da Vinci Pierino da Vinci (–1553 or 1554), born Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci (), was an Italian sculptor, born in the small town of Vinci in Tuscany; he was the nephew of Leonardo da Vinci. The son of Bartolomeo da Vinci, Leonardo’s younger brother, Pierino demonstrated artistic ability at an early age; and was seen by his family as the heir to his uncle's talent. He studied under both Baccio Bandinelli (1488–1560) and Niccolò Tribolo (1500–1550). Pierino died from malarial fever at the age of 23, in Pisa, in 1553-4. The biographical information about

title: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

text: Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci The Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci is a late 15th- or early 16th-century portrait of a man that was discovered in 2008 in a cupboard of a private house in Italy. It strongly resembles a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci by Cristofano dell'Altissimo held by the Uffizi Gallery. The painting was previously thought by its owners to represent Galileo but on its discovery a claim was made that it is a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci at Vinci said in 2011 that he

title: Da Vinci Schools

text: MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Purdue, USC, LMU, and many other prestigious private and public universities across the nation. In Fall 2017, Da Vinci Communications, Da Vinci Design and Da Vinci Science high schools co-located to a new Wiseburn campus at 201 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA. Da Vinci Schools are fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) and are a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Da Vinci Connect (K-8) is a public K-8 charter school offering families two unique learning models that combine homeschool instruction with school-based learning: (1) Homeschool Hybrid

title: Da Vinci Schools

text: by a once per year fundraiser, and Da Vinci Science students are creating a documentary that follows its development. Da Vinci Schools Da Vinci Schools is a public charter school network located at the corners of Hawthorne, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach in Los Angeles, California, United States. Da Vinci Schools are dedicated to preparing students for college completion and 21st century jobs through an interdisciplinary real-world, project-based "learn by doing" curriculum that exceeds state content standards and California's "a-g" university admissions requirements. Da Vinci signature programs and practices include: project-based real-world learning; career pathways: a small and

title: Da Vinci Project

text: who, among innumerable other inventions, was the first recorded person to design an aircraft. The project was staffed entirely by volunteers. The project unveiled a mockup of their spacecraft, Wild Fire, on August 5, 2004 at a hangar at Downsview Airport in Toronto. At this point, it was considered a contender for the Ansari X PRIZE, and Tier One had just given notice of their planned competitive flights. When announcing the unveiling, the da Vinci Project also appealed for funds to fly Wild Fire. An agreement was reached with GoldenPalace.com, and the project subsequently gave the required 60-day notice that

title: The Duh-Vinci Code

text: in the room to deduce that they need to look in the Trevi Fountain. The crew arrives at Trevi Fountain, and Bender dives in to steal the coins at the bottom. He fights a mutant octopus for the coins and discovers a secret door that leads to a room filled with many of Da Vinci's famous inventions. Animatronio reappears and after an attempt at their lives, carelessly mentions that all the inventions fit together. Fry triggers one of the inventions, which assembles itself into a spaceship and sends Fry and Farnsworth to the planet Vinci. They find Leonardo da Vinci,

title: The Da Vinci Code (soundtrack)

text: the men, but this did not occur. "The Da Vinci Code"s director, Ron Howard, said that the soundtrack was "powerful, fresh and wonderfully effective" and most film music reviewers agreed with him. Soundtrack.Net and Scorereviews rated the score highly. The music was nominated for a 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score but lost to Alexandre Desplat's work for "The Painted Veil". The Da Vinci Code (soundtrack) The official motion picture soundtrack for The Da Vinci Code with Thomas Bowes (violinist), King's Consort Choir, Hugh Marsh, Orchestra, Richard Harvey, Hila Plitmann, Martin Tillman was released on May 9, 2006

title: Leonardo da Vinci (video game)

text: that computer technology could be a form of art. "The Wall Street Journal" wrote that while Da Vinci is a popular subject for video games, this title "beats them all". Corbis did not earn a profit from the game. Leonardo da Vinci (video game) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1997 interactive CD-ROM game by Corbis, consisting of a "computerized viewing tool which permits the user to examine English translations of the Codex [Leicester] superimposed onto facsimiles of its pages". The tool, known as Codescope, is licensed by Corbis. In 1994, Bill Gates acquired the Codex Leicester. In 1997, Gates' privately

title: Da Vinci Medallion

text: Fritjof Capra would receive the 2007 award in recognition for his work in systems thinking. Award recipients include: Da Vinci Medallion The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking and the Da Vinci Medallion were created to award scholarship in the realm of human thinking. The name was chosen to honor Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypal Renaissance man. In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley, credited with establishing new approaches

title: Da Vinci Medallion

text: Da Vinci Medallion The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking and the Da Vinci Medallion were created to award scholarship in the realm of human thinking. The name was chosen to honor Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypal Renaissance man. In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley, credited with establishing new approaches to thinking about organizations, accepted the award in 2006. In the fall of 2006, the society announced that

title: Da Vinci Days

text: and Hewlett-Packard. The festival was not held in 2014 and 2015. Da Vinci Days Da Vinci Days is an annual festival held in Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon. Started in 1988, the last event was held in 2013. It will be taking place during the summer of 2017, over the week of May 12th-19th as well as the weekend of July 14th-16th.The science, technology, and art based festival includes live music, a kinetic sculpture race, and a film festival. The July festival is named after Italian inventor, artist, and writer, Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci Days began in

title: Da Vinci Days

text: Da Vinci Days Da Vinci Days is an annual festival held in Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon. Started in 1988, the last event was held in 2013. It will be taking place during the summer of 2017, over the week of May 12th-19th as well as the weekend of July 14th-16th.The science, technology, and art based festival includes live music, a kinetic sculpture race, and a film festival. The July festival is named after Italian inventor, artist, and writer, Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci Days began in 1988 as a joint project of Oregon State University, the city,

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine legal notary, and Caterina, a peasant. Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense – "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci"; his full birth name was "Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, (son) of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci". The inclusion of the title "ser" indicated that Leonardo's father was a gentleman. Little is known about Leonardo's early life. He spent his first five years in the hamlet of Anchiano in the home of his mother, and from 1457 lived in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle in the

title: Paul Da Vinci

text: appearing in April 2018 on a joint bill with Gary Puckett and The Union Gap at the Benidorm Palace. He lives in Somerset. Paul Da Vinci Paul Da Vinci (born Paul Leonard Prewer, 18 May 1951) is a British singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer on the 1974 hit recording by The Rubettes, "Sugar Baby Love", although he did not perform with the group at the time. He has a three-and-a-half octave vocal range, and worked as a demo and session singer before and after his own successful solo career, which included the UK hit

title: Paul Da Vinci

text: Paul Da Vinci Paul Da Vinci (born Paul Leonard Prewer, 18 May 1951) is a British singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer on the 1974 hit recording by The Rubettes, "Sugar Baby Love", although he did not perform with the group at the time. He has a three-and-a-half octave vocal range, and worked as a demo and session singer before and after his own successful solo career, which included the UK hit "Your Baby Ain't Your Baby Anymore", which peaked at number 20 in the UK Official Charts, week ending 17 August 1974. In the

title: Da Vinci Schools

text: Da Vinci Schools Da Vinci Schools is a public charter school network located at the corners of Hawthorne, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach in Los Angeles, California, United States. Da Vinci Schools are dedicated to preparing students for college completion and 21st century jobs through an interdisciplinary real-world, project-based "learn by doing" curriculum that exceeds state content standards and California's "a-g" university admissions requirements. Da Vinci signature programs and practices include: project-based real-world learning; career pathways: a small and personalized learning environment where every student is known, seen and valued; strategic public-private partnerships with many innovative industry, higher-ed,

text: drawing, the "Vitruvian Man", is a study of the proportions of the human body, linking art and science in a single work that has come to represent Renaissance Humanism. Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was born the illegitimate son of Messer Piero, a notary, and Caterina, a peasant woman. His early life was spent in the region of Vinci, in the valley of the Arno River near Florence, firstly with his mother and in later childhood in the household of his father, grandfather and uncle Francesco. His curiosity and interest in scientific observation were stimulated

text: would light it as it lights us. Claims are sometimes made that Leonardo da Vinci was an alchemist. He was trained in the workshop of Verrocchio, who according to Vasari, was an able alchemist. Leonardo was a chemist in so much as that he experimented with different media for suspending paint pigment. In the painting of murals, his experiments resulted in notorious failures with the "Last Supper" deteriorating within a century, and the "Battle of Anghiari" running off the wall. In Leonardo's many pages of notes about artistic processes, there are some that pertain to the use of silver and

title: Da Vinci Community College

text: Vinci Community School joined with LEAD and is now called Da Vinci Academy.The trust includes the University of Derby, Derby College, the Workers' Educational Association and the Midlands Co-operative Society. Da Vinci Community College da Vinci Community College is a co-educational foundation secondary school, located in Derby, Derbyshire. The school originally opened in 1988 as High View Community Education Centre. It also became known as High View School and Technology Centre and High View Technology Centre. The school was formally closed and replaced by da Vinci Community College in September 2004 and moved into new buildings in 2006. As a

title: Da Vinci Systems

text: Vinci engineered Transformer technology. The first generation Resolve systems were called the Resolve RT and Resolve DI. In 2008, DaVinci offered the Resolve R series (R-100, R-200, R-250, R-300, R-350, R-4K, R-3D), replacing DaVinci’s proprietary parallel processing PowerPlant cards with parallel processing NVIDIA GPUs, enabling super-computing image processing and a significantly greater feature set. Resolve features offered by da Vinci Systems included: Da Vinci Systems da Vinci Systems was a digital cinema company founded in 1984, based in Coral Springs, Florida and wholly owned by JDSU. It was known for products like the 888, 2K and 2K Plus (hardware based

title: Da Vinci Community College

text: Da Vinci Community College da Vinci Community College is a co-educational foundation secondary school, located in Derby, Derbyshire. The school originally opened in 1988 as High View Community Education Centre. It also became known as High View School and Technology Centre and High View Technology Centre. The school was formally closed and replaced by da Vinci Community College in September 2004 and moved into new buildings in 2006. As a foundation school, da Vinci Community College was administered by Derby City Council until 2016 where LEAD became administrators of the school and sponsored by a charitable trust.From May 2017 da

title: Rescuing Da Vinci

text: early 21st century. Many victims and their families are just now having stolen paintings returned to them. Some of these cases, such as that of Maria Altmann, have made headlines. "Rescuing Da Vinci" shows the beginning stages of this restitution work, performed by the MFAA 60 years ago. Edsel argues that many more cases such as Altmann's will surface in the coming years. "Rescuing Da Vinci" points out the strengths and good deeds of the U.S. military. It also demonstrates the appreciation of foreign governments for the United States' actions. However, some argue that it relies too heavily on the

title: Da Vinci Machine

text: Languages on the Java Platform") proposes to: Following the success of the JRuby Java implementation, the Da Vinci project was started at the end of January 2008. The capabilities experimented by Da Vinci were planned to be added to Java 7. It aims to prototype this JSR, but also other lower-priority extensions. The first working prototype, developed as a patch on OpenJDK, was announced and made available on end of August 2008. Since then, the JRuby team has successfully wired dynamic invocation in their codebase. Dynamic invocation shipped with the 1.1.5 release, and will be disabled on JVMs without codice_1

title: Da Vinci Science Center

text: limited-engagement exhibits with programs highlighting workforce development opportunities. The Center's primary focus is introducing kids to the potential of the STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Da Vinci Science Center is located in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, approximately 65 miles north of Philadelphia, PA, and 90 miles west of New York, NY. Its primary service area in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey is home to 4.9 million people. What is known commonly today as the Da Vinci Science Center has inspired enthusiasm for science and technology's ExSCIting Possibilities since 1992. Its earliest incarnation was as the Science

title: The Da Vinci Treasure

text: The Da Vinci Treasure The Da Vinci Treasure is a 2006 direct-to-video mystery film produced by American studio The Asylum, and directed by Peter Mervis. The film is considered to be a mockbuster of the film "The Da Vinci Code", and both films were released within the same month. The film centres on Michael Archer (C. Thomas Howell), a forensic anthropologist who inadvertently discovers a set of subtle clues within the works of Leonardo da Vinci, that, when interpreted correctly, will lead the finder to "enlightenment". Archer, convinced of the authenticity of the clues, sets out to locate the treasure

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: need for blood transfusions. Moreover, the da Vinci System can enable a shorter hospital stay, a quicker recovery and faster return to normal daily activities. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the da Vinci Surgical System in 2000 for adult and pediatric use in urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general non-cardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures. The FDA also cleared the da Vinci System to be employed with adjunctive mediastinotomy to perform coronary anastomosis during cardiac revascularization. The da Vinci System has been successfully used in the following procedures: Although

title: Da Vinci Systems

text: a standalone TLC2 of the traditional type could be interfaced if it was required. In addition to telecine control, 2Ks were often used for tape-to-tape, virtual telecine and DDR applications. The TLC was an edit controller for telecines and VTRs. It provided accurate 2/3 editing. TLC 1 was originally made in Moorpark, California, later TLC was acquired by da Vinci and the TLC 2 was released. The da Vinci DUI 888 had an option to have a built-in TLC built. If the TLC is not built in, an external A/B switch box is needed to switch control between the TLC

title: Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project

text: been built in ice since the completion of the da Vinci Bridge in Norway: Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project The Vebjørn Sand da Vinci Project built a laminated-wood parabolic-arch pedestrian bridge in Norway over European route E18 in Ås, Norway, in 2001. It was a partnership between the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand, who headed the project. The resulting da Vinci Bridge is one of several installations that Sand is known for in Norway. Leonardo da Vinci proposed a bridge long, overall and wide over the Golden Horn in 1502 for Sultan Bayezid II

title: Da Vinci Project

text: Da Vinci Project The Da Vinci Project was a privately funded, volunteer-staffed attempt to launch a reusable manned suborbital spacecraft. It was formed in 1996 specifically to be a contender for the Ansari X PRIZE for the first non-governmental reusable manned spacecraft. The project was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and led by Brian Feeney. The original da Vinci Project is no longer operating. A documentary was filmed throughout much of the project's life from 2000 through post-XPRIZE roundup footage in 2008. The documentary accumulated some 1000 hours or so of footage. It was a private undertaking by Michel Jones

title: Leonardo da Vinci

text: d'Alger", which sold for $179.4 million in May 2015 at Christie's New York. The highest known sale price for any artwork was $300 million, for Willem de Kooning's "Interchange", sold privately in September 2015 by the David Geffen Foundation to hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin. Footnotes Citations Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

title: Collegium Da Vinci

text: - computer science. In 2006, the university obtains authorization to education in educational theory. In July 2004 an agreement was concluded with the Institute of the Western Institute joint venture research and teaching, while in February 2008 WSNHiD has established close cooperation with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. In June 2014 WSNHiD and Western Institute in Poznań signed an agreement to establish a Center for Scientific under the name Greater Scientific and Research Centre. In 2014, The School of Humanities has changed its name to the Collegium Da Vinci. Collegium Da Vinci Collegium Da Vinci is

title: Da Vinci (song)

text: Crescent Vale considers it "one of the top tracks of the album with pop structured guitar riffs." Da Vinci (song) "Da Vinci" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was released as the third single from the band's ninth studio album "Everything Will Be Alright in the End" on November 18, 2014. Scott Heisel of "Alternative Press" stated ""Da Vinci" is another example of Cuomo & Co. being absolute masters at their game." Lyrically, Heisel praises it as a love song, saying "The words are clear without being direct, making the lyrics potentially universal." By contrast, Michael

title: Da Vinci (song)

text: Da Vinci (song) "Da Vinci" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was released as the third single from the band's ninth studio album "Everything Will Be Alright in the End" on November 18, 2014. Scott Heisel of "Alternative Press" stated ""Da Vinci" is another example of Cuomo & Co. being absolute masters at their game." Lyrically, Heisel praises it as a love song, saying "The words are clear without being direct, making the lyrics potentially universal." By contrast, Michael Nelson of Stereogum considers the lyrics "cringe-worthy". Nelson, however, praises the chorus and bridge. Matthew McGuire at

title: Da Vinci Systems

text: Da Vinci Systems da Vinci Systems was a digital cinema company founded in 1984, based in Coral Springs, Florida and wholly owned by JDSU. It was known for products like the 888, 2K and 2K Plus (hardware based color correctors), TLC, Resolve (GPU-based color grading and digital mastering systems) and Revival (film restoration and remastering systems) and its innovations include the color control panel based on trackballs and other discrete controls that enable colorists to control the software that manipulates motion picture images. As one of the earliest pioneers in post production products, da Vinci Systems introduced several innovative products

title: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

text: virtuosic work." Common Sense Media wrote "Diane Stanley's "Leonardo Da Vinci" is every parent's answer to the problem of dry, boring biographies." Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments. A "BookList" review of "Leonardo Da Vinci" wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now." and the "School Library Journal" called it "A gorgeous biography ..", "The Horn Book Magazine" wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this

title: Da Vinci Schools

text: Program- 2 days of project-based learning on campus. Families are the primary educators on non-classroom days; and (2) Homeschool Collaborative Program– 5-day per week of homeschool program with 1 optional day per week of inquiry-based workshops on campus. Da Vinci Communications High School offers a college-prep, project-based, real-world curriculum and career pathways in computer science, journalism, strategic communications, and music & media production. Da Vinci Design High School offers a college-prep, project-based, real-world curriculum and career pathways in architecture and graphic design. Da Vinci Science High School offers a college-prep, project-based, real-world curriculum and career pathways in mechanical engineering, civil

title: The Da Vinci Code WebQuests

text: all 24 puzzles before the closing date for that country were entered in a prize draw with prizes ranging from a set of Da Vinci Code Top Trumps cards to illustrated copies of "The Da Vinci Code". The Google-sponsored webquest was taken offline once the final phase was completed. According to a written response for the Official Winners List from Hilltop New Media, Inc. on behalf of Google, the winner was Anthony N. (last name withheld) from Collierville, Tennessee. It is unknown what his final puzzle time was. Perhaps due to complications arising out of the American version of the

title: The Da Vinci Code (film)

text: film was banned in Lebanon. The film was banned in Iran due to protests by Muslim and Christian minorities. Pakistan banned "The Da Vinci Code" for showing what officials called blasphemous material about Jesus. Christian groups, along with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal held protests against the film calling for a global ban. The Philippine Alliance Against Pornography (PAAP) appealed to then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to stop the showing of "The Da Vinci Code" in the Philippines. They branded the film as "the most pornographic and blasphemous film in history" and also requested the help of Pope Benedict XVI, the

title: The Da Vinci Code

text: of Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, who authored the book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", in the program "The Real Da Vinci Code", shown on British TV Channel 4. The program featured lengthy interviews with many of the main protagonists cited by Brown as "absolute fact" in "The Da Vinci Code". Arnaud de Sède, son of Gérard de Sède, stated categorically that his father and Plantard had made up the existence of the Prieuré de Sion, the cornerstone of the Jesus bloodline theory: "frankly, it was piffle", noting that the concept of a descendant of Jesus was also an

title: Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project

text: Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project The Vebjørn Sand da Vinci Project built a laminated-wood parabolic-arch pedestrian bridge in Norway over European route E18 in Ås, Norway, in 2001. It was a partnership between the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand, who headed the project. The resulting da Vinci Bridge is one of several installations that Sand is known for in Norway. Leonardo da Vinci proposed a bridge long, overall and wide over the Golden Horn in 1502 for Sultan Bayezid II of Constantinople (today’s Istanbul). The sketch and letter proposal were lost for over 400

title: The Da Vinci Code WebQuests

text: of the book's dustcover jacket, and to search the web to learn the answers to certain questions or clues. The second Da Vinci Code WebQuest, titled "Uncover The Code", followed a similar style. On April 17, 2006, Google launched its own "Da Vinci Code"-related quest, based around the release of "The Da Vinci Code's" film version. It was created in coordination with Sony Pictures, and was called the "Da Vinci Code" Google Quest, an online series of puzzles with a prize offered to those who answer all 24 puzzles correctly. Participants were required to sign up for a Google Account

title: Da Vinci Arts Middle School

text: Da Vinci Arts Middle School Da Vinci Arts Middle School, also known as da Vinci Middle School, is a public middle school in the Kerns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is an arts focus school in the Portland Public School District. The building was originally as used a high school, Girls Polytechnic High School, which was renamed James Monroe High School in 1967 and closed in fall 1978, when its student body was merged with, and moved to, Washington High School. The building that now houses da Vinci Arts Middle School was designed in the classical

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: into simplistic computer coding. On the August 11, 2018 Edward Hospital released a video on YouTube of them demonstrating the Da Vinci Si Surgical System's precision by performing the task of peeling the skin of the grape off of a grape. In 2017, a clip of the original video was added to a video created by Cheddar's YouTube channel with the caption “They did surgery on a grape.”. People began sharing the post with the same caption “They did surgery on a grape”. The initial versions of the meme made fun of the dry caption in the Cheddar video, by

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: Vinci, in collaboration with the Centre de Rècherche et de Restauration des Musées de France - C2RMF), in the house-museum in Clos Lucé, where the artist died at 67, on the occasion of the celebration for the fifth centenary of Leonardo's arrival in France. Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci The Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci is located in Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace, in the province of Florence, Italy. The museum was inaugurated on October 2, 1993, under the patronage of the Regione Toscana, Provincia di Firenze, APT and the Municipality of Vinci, and under the auspices of the Armand

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute

text: its activities and opened the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatoire. Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute The Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute was an Italian art institute located in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. The institute was founded in the 1930s to provide evening classes in painting, drawing and sculpture under the auspices of the Italian consulate in Cairo as well as the Italian cultural centre in Cairo are keeping quiet about the Institute's nature and history of existence. Most students there did not know the value of its certification nationally or internationally. It was transformed from an Italian technical high school

title: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute

text: Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute The Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute was an Italian art institute located in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. The institute was founded in the 1930s to provide evening classes in painting, drawing and sculpture under the auspices of the Italian consulate in Cairo as well as the Italian cultural centre in Cairo are keeping quiet about the Institute's nature and history of existence. Most students there did not know the value of its certification nationally or internationally. It was transformed from an Italian technical high school to a higher education institute offering graduate certification

title: SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960)

text: Line" 's Senior Captain, Com.te Sup. Armando Pinelli, the "Leonardo da Vinci" set out on her maiden voyage from Genoa to New York City, where she received the traditional festive welcome accorded liners arriving in the city for the first time. Soon after she entered service, the Italian Line announced that by 1965 at latest the ship would be refit to run on nuclear power. This however did not come to pass, and anyway at the time of the announcement it was already known to executives of the company that by 1965 the "Leonardo da Vinci" would be supplanted on

title: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci

text: elementary school as well. In 2005, more units were established in Granja Viana, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville. Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci Anglo Leonardo da Vinci is a subsidiary of Sistema Anglo de Ensino located to the west of São Paulo. There are four units, one in Osasco, one in Alphaville, one in Taboão da Serra and one in Granja Viana/Carapicuíba. The name "Leonardo da Vinci" was added to represent intelligence. The school had the best results of Osasco in the 2005 ENEM. Also, the Osasco, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville units were ranked as having had the 2nd,

title: Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind

text: a levitation technology. David Gelernter criticized his interpretations around the hypothetical encounter of Michelangelo and da Vinci. The release of "Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind" coincided with the release of another da Vinci biography, "Leonardo" by Martin Kemp. Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind is a 2004 biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Charles Nicholl. The book researches the life of Leonardo da Vinci in Tuscane and explores the reasons of his historic success. The author's main observation is that most of da Vinci's work was unfinished. Through a

title: The Da Vinci Code

text: just to remind myself that life is too short to read books like "The Da Vinci Code"." Author Lewis Perdue alleged that Brown plagiarized from two of his novels, "The Da Vinci Legacy", originally published in 1983, and "Daughter of God", originally published in 2000. He sought to block distribution of the book and film. However, Judge George Daniels of the US District Court in New York ruled against Perdue in 2005, saying that "A reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that "The Da Vinci Code" is substantially similar to "Daughter of God"" and that "Any slightly similar elements

title: Da Vinci (lunar crater)

text: closely resemble curved ridges than a crater wall. There are gaps in the rim to the south and north, and the interior is irregular with portions having been resurfaced. The terrain along the northern and western exterior of the crater is irregular and hilly. A low ridge to the southeast runs to the vicinity of Watts. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to da Vinci. Da Vinci (lunar crater) da Vinci is a lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part

title: Da Vinci (lunar crater)

text: Da Vinci (lunar crater) da Vinci is a lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon, to the northwest of Mare Fecunditatis. It lies along the eastern shore of the Sinus Concordiae, a bay along the eastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. Nearby craters include Watts to the southeast and Lawrence to the southwest, both smaller in dimension than da Vinci. This formation has been heavily damaged and reshaped until it is scarcely recognizable as a crater. Sections of the low eastern rim and a portion to the northwest are still somewhat intact, although they more

title: The Da Vinci Hoax

text: the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries. The authors state that the theories, while presented as great revelations of hidden knowledge, are actually based on elements of gnostic and feminist ideas. They contend that the theories transparently contradict serious scholarship, and present detailed arguments and expositions against them. The Da Vinci Hoax The Da Vinci Hoax is a non-fiction book written by Carl E. Olsen and Sandra Miesel for the express purpose of critiquing Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code." The book was first published in 2004 by Ignatius Press. According to Olson and Miesel, they wrote it out

title: The Da Vinci Hoax

text: The Da Vinci Hoax The Da Vinci Hoax is a non-fiction book written by Carl E. Olsen and Sandra Miesel for the express purpose of critiquing Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code." The book was first published in 2004 by Ignatius Press. According to Olson and Miesel, they wrote it out of concern that Brown's novel is popularizing unfounded theories and misrepresentations of history and beliefs, which are used as the basis of the novel's plot, and defended by its author as factual, and that purport to expose Christianity as founded on lies that have been kept secret by

title: Da Vinci (Martian crater)

text: Da Vinci (Martian crater) Da Vinci is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 1.4°N latitude and 39.4°W longitude. It measures 100.2 kilometers in diameter and was named after Leonardo da Vinci. The naming was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1973. The crater is inside Xanthe Terra and is in the range of the middle and southern part but the southeast rim touches to a canyon connected to the planet's deepest canyon system. Further south and east is Hydraotes Chaos. Also to the south are Ravi Vallis and Oxia Chaos. Nearby named craters

title: Da Vinci Science Center

text: Street and Larry Holmes Drive. This would require the purchase and removal of a Day's Inn currently on the premises. Da Vinci Science City would feature traveling exhibit galleries shared with the main Allentown location, and would additionally host an aquarium restaurant, large screen theater, and event center. Da Vinci Science City is an idea that expands on the original Da Vinci Science Center by offering more interaction with educational programs in STEM subjects. If approved, 25% of the funding (roughly $30 million) for this project will come from the city of Easton, with additional funding from the Pennsylvania Historical

title: Da Vinci Science Center

text: allowed for a deeper emphasis on public visitation, expanding its reach throughout the greater Lehigh Valley region, and developing programs for other age groups. Emerging as the Da Vinci Science Center, the organization has adopted a focus on scientific and technical careers. Along with achieving a record number of more than 93,000 total participants, the Center established its integrated workforce development initiatives as its signature experiences during the 2012 fiscal year. These initiatives integrate a limited-engagement Da Vinci Science Center exhibit experience with community programming that highlights industry workforce development needs and opportunities. The Da Vinci Science Center houses over

title: The Da Vinci Treasure

text: by travelling around the world, following each clue. As time passes, however, Archer soon realizes that he is not alone in the quest for the treasure, and that he must combat other, more determined, treasure-seekers who would sooner see him dead. The efilmcritic, while stating Asylum can make the occasionally good movie, found this movie to rip off both the Da Vinci Code and National Treasure and found the movie disappointing and "lazy" with failed attempts to be historically accurate. The Da Vinci Treasure The Da Vinci Treasure is a 2006 direct-to-video mystery film produced by American studio The Asylum,

title: Da Vinci Surgical System

text: contrast, the da Vinci System's design allows the surgeon to operate from a seated position at the console, with eyes and hands positioned in line with the instruments and using controls at the console to move the instruments and camera. By providing surgeons with superior visualization, enhanced dexterity, greater precision and ergonomic comfort, the da Vinci Surgical System makes it possible for more surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures involving complex dissection or reconstruction. For the patient, a da Vinci procedure can offer all the potential benefits of a minimally invasive procedure, including less pain, less blood loss and less

title: Leonardo da Vinci programme

text: a wide range of actions, including transnational mobility and European projects focusing on the development or the transfer of innovation and networks. All of the projects funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme involve working with European partners. The programme addresses trainees in initial vocational training, people on the labour market and professionals in vocational education and training, as well as any organisation active in this field. The Leonardo da Vinci programme was started in 1995. In 1998 the whistleblowing of Paul van Buitenen criticised misdirection of funds in the EU, particularly in the Leonardo da Vinci programme. A second,

title: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

text: Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments. A "BookList" review of "Leonardo Da Vinci" wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now." and the "School Library Journal" called it "A gorgeous biography ..", "The Horn Book Magazine" wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this less a complete biography than a celebration of his inquiring spirit and creative vision.", and "Library Media Connection", magazine of Libraries Unlimited,

title: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci

text: Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci Anglo Leonardo da Vinci is a subsidiary of Sistema Anglo de Ensino located to the west of São Paulo. There are four units, one in Osasco, one in Alphaville, one in Taboão da Serra and one in Granja Viana/Carapicuíba. The name "Leonardo da Vinci" was added to represent intelligence. The school had the best results of Osasco in the 2005 ENEM. Also, the Osasco, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville units were ranked as having had the 2nd, 9th and 10th best results in the 2008 ENEM among municipalities of the Greater São Paulo area, excluding

title: Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: sources: records concerning him, his biographies, his own written journals, his paintings, his drawings, his associates, and commentaries that were made concerning him by contemporaries. Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452, "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of the Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine legal notary, and an orphaned girl, Caterina di Meo Lippi. His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci",

title: Da Vinci (Martian crater)

text: include Chimbote to the south, the Camiling to the southeast, Dia-Cau to the west-southwest and Rypin nearly to the south-southwest. South of the crater, is the boundary with the Margaritifer Sinus region (or Margaritifer) along with those craters there. In the crater's south is a smaller unnamed crater with a small central hill inside. Da Vinci (Martian crater) Da Vinci is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 1.4°N latitude and 39.4°W longitude. It measures 100.2 kilometers in diameter and was named after Leonardo da Vinci. The naming was approved by the International Astronomical Union

title: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

text: Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci The Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci is located in Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace, in the province of Florence, Italy. The museum was inaugurated on October 2, 1993, under the patronage of the Regione Toscana, Provincia di Firenze, APT and the Municipality of Vinci, and under the auspices of the Armand Hammer Center for Leonardo Studies (University of California at Los Angeles) and the auspices of the Ente Raccolta Vinciana of Milan. It was officially recognized as a Museum of Public Interest by the Regione Toscana in 1999. Its Director is Alessandro Vezzosi, and the

title: Paul Da Vinci

text: a lounge bar entertainer on P&O's shipping line. In the 1990s, he wrote several pieces for cello and piano, including a three movement tone poem "Visions of Aaron" which was performed at the Purcell Room in London, and also a concerto, "Hope", performed and recorded by the Innovation Chamber Ensemble and later performed at the Wigmore Hall. He has also written and produced music for performers including Angelle, and performed with his own group, Da Vinci & The Justice Department, who released an album in 2009. Da Vinci's show The Paul da Vinci Explosion started touring in 2016, and are

title: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School

text: tomorrow’s realms of research and teaching. Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) is a five-year engineering school in Paris, France. It was placed 10th among French engineering schools "Post-bac" in the 2010 "Le Point" rankings. It is fully accredited to award the title of "ingénieur" by the French Commission of Engineering Titles. ESILV is part of the "Pole Universitaire Léonard de Vinci". The director of the school is Professor Michel Bernadou. The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) was created in 1995 by the Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine. It's a engineering school which is

title: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School

text: Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) is a five-year engineering school in Paris, France. It was placed 10th among French engineering schools "Post-bac" in the 2010 "Le Point" rankings. It is fully accredited to award the title of "ingénieur" by the French Commission of Engineering Titles. ESILV is part of the "Pole Universitaire Léonard de Vinci". The director of the school is Professor Michel Bernadou. The Leonardo da Vinci Engineering School (ESILV) was created in 1995 by the Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine. It's a engineering school which is located in La Défense. Since 2003,

text: Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind is a 2004 biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Charles Nicholl. The book researches the life of Leonardo da Vinci in Tuscane and explores the reasons of his historic success. The author's main observation is that most of da Vinci's work was unfinished. Through a thorough research, the author dismisses most of the romanticized facts about da Vinci and concludes that a lot is unknown about the genius inventor. Da Vinci is described as an engineer obsessed with natural designs. "Washington Post" writer Alexander Nagel

title: Criticism of The Da Vinci Code

text: Catholic groups sought to use interest in this book and film as a means to educate Catholics and non-Catholics on the history of the Christian Church, and what it teaches regarding Jesus Christ. Similarly, other Christians have looked to use the film as a tool for evangelism. Criticism of The Da Vinci Code "The Da Vinci Code", a popular suspense novel by Dan Brown, generated criticism and controversy after its publication in 2003. Many of the complaints centered on the book's speculations and misrepresentations of core aspects of Christianity and the history of the Catholic Church. Additional criticisms were directed

title: Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project

text: local materials and local artisans as a global public art project. Future plans, announced in 2012, include a bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, as Leonardo had proposed. Sand was quoted by the "Wall Street Journal" describing the Bridge Project as a "... logo for all the nations." A small da Vinci pedestrian bridge was erected in 2016 at the Château du Clos Lucé, da Vinci's home for the last years of his life. Other permanent da Vinci bridges have been proposed for several locations, although these plans have not come to fruition: Several temporary da Vinci bridges have

title: Criticism of The Da Vinci Code

text: in "The Da Vinci Code". On April 11, 2005, novelist Lewis Perdue sued Brown and his publisher Random House for plagiarizing his novels "The Da Vinci Legacy" (1983) and "Daughter of God" (1999), claiming "there are far too many parallels between my books and "The Da Vinci Code" for it to be an accident." On August 4, 2005, District Judge George B. Daniels granted a motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit, ruling that "a reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that "The Da Vinci Code" is substantially similar to "Daughter of God." Any slightly similar elements are

title: Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)

text: Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939) Leonardo da Vinci was a of the Italian navy during World War II. It operated in the Atlantic from September 1940 until its loss in May 1943, and became the top scoring non-German submarine of the entire war. "Leonardo da Vinci" was built at the CRDA shipyard in Monfalcone, near Trieste, Italy’s leading submarine builder. One of six boats of the "Marconi" class, which were laid down in 1938-39, "Leonardo da Vinci" was launched in September 1939. Designed as an ocean-going vessel, she was intended for operations both in the Mediterranean and in the

text: "Leonardo da Vinci" was assigned to a special operation aimed at mounting raids on harbours on the eastern seaboard of the United States. To this end she was converted to carry a , and during the autumn engaged in trials with the new weapon. However, the operation was delayed due to the need for modifications to the CA craft and "Leonardo da Vinci" returned to action to the Atlantic. On 19 March 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" torpedoed and sank the 7,628 ton British cargo ship in the South Atlantic. "Leonardo da Vinci" captured and took on board one survivor; two

title: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: hours. The Life of Leonardo da Vinci La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI (the Italian national television) and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly

title: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

text: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI (the Italian national television) and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly five

title: Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award

text: Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award The Leonardo da Vinci Award was established in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Florence as an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci, to be presented to young people involved in the study of the sciences, technology, literature and the arts. Among the disciplines recognised and rewarded so far have been painting, sculpture, music, geology, architecture, medicine and nuclear physics. The 21st Leonardo da Vinci Prize was recently presented to the brilliant young pianist Johan Schmidt. The prize giving event has been hosted by other European Rotary Clubs in cities such as

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: oil and coal. Designed to reach a maximum speed of from , "Leonardo da Vinci" failed to reach this goal on her sea trials, despite generally exceeding the rated power of her turbines. The ship only made a maximum speed of using . The ship could store a maximum of of coal and of oil that gave her a range of at , and at . "Leonardo da Vinci"s main armament consisted of thirteen 46-caliber 305-millimeter guns, in five gun turrets. The turrets were arranged all on the centerline, with a twin-gun turret superfiring over a triple-gun turret in fore

title: Criticism of The Da Vinci Code

text: on the level of generalized or otherwise unprotectable ideas." He affirmed that "The Da Vinci Code" does not infringe upon copyrights held by Perdue. In February 2006, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, two of the three authors of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", took the UK publisher of "The Da Vinci Code" to court for breach of copyright, alleging plagiarism. Some sources suggested the lawsuit was a publicity stunt intended to boost sales of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" (a boost which did in fact occur). However, the projected court costs of over 1 million pounds outweigh or at

title: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci

text: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci The Museo nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan is the largest science and technology museum in Italy, and is dedicated to Italian painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. It was opened on 5 February 1953, inaugurated by prime minister of Italy, Alcide De Gasperi. This museum, in the ancient monastery of San Vittore al Corpo of Milan, is divided in seven main departments: Each of these departments have laboratories especially for children and young students. The Transport section in made by four different parts: air, rail, water

title: Criticism of The Da Vinci Code

text: was from Vinci, or of Vinci. As many critics have pointed out, calling it The Da Vinci Code is like referring to Lawrence of Arabia as Mr. Of Arabia, or asking What Nazareth Do?". The allegation that Pope Clement V burned the Templars to ashes and threw the ashes into the Tiber River in Rome is false. The last leaders of the Knights Templar were killed in France in 1314 by King Philip IV of France, being burned at the stake on a small island in the Seine. Pope Clement's administration was not in Rome as he had moved the

title: Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci

text: was successfully righted on 24 January 1921. The "Regia Marina" planned to modernize "Leonardo da Vinci" by replacing her center turret with six AA guns, but ultimately lacked the funds to do so and sold her for scrap on 22 March 1923. Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was one of three dreadnoughts built for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men. The

title: Leonardo da Vinci High School

text: with a similar focus on problem-based learning. During both 2008 and 2009, massive budget cuts to the Davis Joint Unified School District put many of the da Vinci teachers jobs in jeopardy. However, due in part to fundraising from the Davis community, no da Vinci teachers were let go from the district. In an attempt to save their teachers, the da Vinci students went before the Davis school board to protest that their teachers (many of whom have special training), were being laid off before other, less-skilled teachers. This student effort received attention from many regional media outlets such as

title: Leonardo da Vinci High School

text: from schools. Da Vinci students also participate is several non-school-sponsored sports at lunch or after school. DVHS students are also permitted to participate in sports through Davis Senior High School. DVHS offers its students many opportunities. In the 2008-2009 year, Da Vinci offered a total of four community college courses for its students to take through Sacramento City College at a discounted tuition rate. There are a wide variety of clubs at Da Vinci, most of which were formed by the students themselves. They vary between the Rhythm Club, Meditation, Food of the Week, and many more. Unofficially, students are