The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
by Leonardo da Vinci · first published 1955
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…This will do more for knowledge retention and assimilation than any fancy technology (and i say this as a "techie"). All the greats wrote prodigiously. Its importance only sunk in for me when i read the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Text, Symbols, Diagrams etc. are all brought together to express Thoughts and Ideas all of which can be revised and extended as needed. It is in the Refining/Clarifying/Modifying/Compressing process…
on “In Praise of Writing (2021)” ↗…an absolute miracle that he was able to do as much as he did. To dismiss it all by using platitudes like "Real artists/engineers" ship" is the height of ignorance and hubris. Further reading: * The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vols I & II (Dover publications) * Leonardo on the Human Body (Dover publications) * Leonardo, The Complete Paintings and Drawings by Frank Zollner (Taschen Publications). This is a huge book but worth…
on “Da Vinci – Overrated?” ↗…available as needed. If you look at History, all the greats wrote prodigiously. I firmly believe that it was one of the defining factors which directly led to their eminence. I was first inspired by the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (get the 2-vol large prints by Dover) before i started noticing the pattern. PS: I read somewhere that Dijkstra wrote one of the first Operating Systems; The "THE" Operating System by hand on paper!
on “How I Write Code: Pen and Paper” ↗It occurs to me that I've never seen the complete notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci before now, but only individual sketches or pages. I would have thought that something like that should be easily found; after all, you can easily get the complete works of Shakespeare. I did a cursory…
on “Codex Arundel – A collection of papers written by Leonardo da Vinci” ↗