Leonardo da Vinci once said, "Art is never finished" So it may not be surprising that he only completed about 12 paintings. These, however, include Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, of two for this tank the world's most famous paintings. Today, everyone knows about Leonardo the artist. But he was more than that. He was also a scientist. Leonardo da Vinci is often called one of history's greatest thinkers. Imagine the world of 500 years ago. At that time, few people were inventing new things. Bulent Atalay, who wrote a book about Leonardo, says, "He invented the future" eonardo studied engineering and physic He was also interested in the science of flight. With all of that knowledge, he imagined flying machines 400 years before the first airplane!
Leonardo drew many of his ideas. They had incredible detail. other people have used his designs to make parachutes. and inventions similar to today's submarine and telescope. Leonardo's drawings showed all else! these things hundreds of years before anyone His drawings also showed how the machines of his day worked. In fact, today we can still use them to make models that work!