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- Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, was considered to be one of the first computer programmers.
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<p>Human existence and technology goes hand in hand. Indeed, we are an inventing and thinking animal. All of us are inventors in our own right. Some of <a href="https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/top-20-greatest-inventions-of-all-time" target="_self">the greatest inventions of all time</a> have radically changed the world and our lives. From igniting fire to developing the microchip, we shape our environment and our lives as we see fit through our inventive genius. </p><p>Throughout history some women and men have exceeded all expectations and had truly inventive spirits. We look toward them as trailblazers, icons, and as people we inspire to be. </p><p>Here are a few select biographies about luminaries who helped shape the modern world. </p><h1>Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="BFV68K1555437557" contenteditable="false">
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<p>We all remember Alexander Graham Bell as the man who created the telephone. What a lot of us don't know is that Bell was a polymath in his time and an exceptionally gifted scientist who was verse in a number of fields. He was an expert in aviation, solar power, laser communication (before most scientists even considered this science valid) and even expressed interest in new and efficient ways of educating children</p><p>On top of being such a great scientist, Bell also was concerned about human carbon-emissions and the potential to raise the Earth's temperature. Bell had a wide range of interests and was also a gifted teacher, who actually went on to teach Helen Keller to speak. Bell championed civil rights at the time, women's suffrage and was an early environmentalist. The biography hits upon all of these moments and interests in Bell's life and makes for a compelling and quick read for a figure we often overlook as just the man who invented the telephone. </p><h1>The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="ERBJ2N1555437557" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Computing has been on our minds for centuries in one form or the other. This cross generational biography of computer innovators starts with a woman named Ada Lovelace, who attended the legendary polymath Charles Babbage's legendary salons where he was building a calculating machine called the Difference Engine. Lovelace also happened to be Lord Byron's daughter and is considered by many to be the first computer programmer. </p><p>Author, Walter Isaacson explores how these theoretical concepts laid down by Lovelace would assist Alan Turing and his innovations on the first computers. There a dizzying amount of lone geniuses, collaborative teams and general cross pollinating scientific advances that led up to the digital age we know today. Isaacson brings all of these characters to life as he digs deep into the men and women that made the digital revolution happen.</p><h1>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin </h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="8EKLBT1555437557" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography up until the year 1757. So it misses out on a lot of the more historical events we know him for. Those including, the Revolutionary War and his time serving in the Continental Congress. Franklin paints an intimate picture of his earlier years. It is the rise of a young man and considered by many contemporaries of his time and historians of today as the first renaissance man of the American era. </p><p>Few people of the time or even today can compare to Benjamin Franklin. An autodidact with a wide range of interests, he was scientist, inventor, and one of the great philosophers of the time. The charm of this book comes from the fact that we get to see Benjamin Franklin in the time that he wasn't the famous and mythical man many know him as today. Instead we see the classic story of a self-made man as he faces the tried and trued trials and tribulations of a legend on the rise.</p><h1>The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="KML3ZR1555437557" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Thomas Edison is a name synonymous with invention. From the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and development of the light bulb, Edison was an emblematic symbol of human ingenuity and invention. </p><p>Author Randall Stross does not deny the greatness that Edison possessed, but tries to temper the myth and legend with a more sobering view of one America's most famous inventors. Stross pushes forward the point that Edison, although a technical genius was also a man dedicated to his celebrity and branding.</p><h1>The Wright Brothers </h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="P2UN031555437588" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Written by Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough, the book provides unparalleled insight into the mythical story of the Wright brothers. Wilbur and Orville Wright were two genius and inventive brothers that were the first humans to take to the skies and fly.<br></p><p>Orville was a gifted engineer and Wilbur an all around genius. With barely any money, nothing more than a high school education and no friends in high places – the brothers did the unthinkable and impossible as they learned to fly. Born in Dayton, Ohio the brothers became interested in flight at a young age. </p><p>Mechanically gifted they used to make toy helicopters in their youth. When the inspiration hit to learn to fly, the brothers obsessively watched and studied birds while beginning to design an emulation of the flight they witnessed. </p><p>McCullough tells the story of their childhood, their relationship to their family and the many early attempts that led to that famous first flight in 1903. </p>
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5 definitive books on Leonardo da Vinci
For years we have been fascinated with the artistic prowess of Leonardo da Vinci.
05 March, 2019
- Over 7,000 pages have survived of Leonardo da Vinci's personal notebook collection.
- Leonardo da Vinci's sketches, ruminations and theories make for a thrilling read.
- Many biographers have attempted to figure out what made da Vinci such a great artist.
<p>Centuries have passed and yet we still sing the praises of the <a href="https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/think-like-a-renaissance-man" target="_self">quintessential Renaissance man</a>, Leonardo da Vinci. The historic figure, the legend and the man fits the bill for our reverence, intrigue and near worship at times. Da Vinci was an intelligent, creative and complicated figure. Within just the past century alone, a countless numbers of books have been written about him. </p><p>Those who wish to learn more about him and about the time period in which he flourished would do well to dive into these five select books on Leonardo da Vinci.</p><h1>Da Vinci's Ghost: The untold story of Vitruvian Man</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="JJAWPP1551742458" contenteditable="false">
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<p>The Vitruvian man is a world renown sketch found in one of Leonardo's notebooks. The image is named after the famous Roman architect Vitruvius. While this image has been parodied a million times over and stamped on trinkets galore, the true genius and history of this piece eludes most people. Historian Toby Lester scours the historical record and recounts the many figures and forces that made this image a reality in 1490, when da Vinci first drew it. </p><p>The history is fascinating, as the roots of the picture go back to proto-Christian imagery in which the author finds compelling evidence that the Christ figure owes its prestige and presentation from how statesmen originally presented a godlike Augustus Caesar to the Roman populace. Vitruvius was an instrumental force in ancient times and would come to greatly influence Leonardo, as he also drew on ideas such as the microcosm and macrocosm. </p><p><em>Da Vinci's Ghost</em> is at once both an intimate personal story of da Vinci and a far-ranging historical tale which contextualizes his greatness and creative mind.</p><h1>Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of his Childhood</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="MKX9Z31551742458" contenteditable="false">
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<p>In typical Freudian fashion, Sigmund Freud goes to work on his most famous attempt at a psychoanalytic biography. Reconstructing da Vinci's early life from a few references in his journals, Freud argues the point that, from a psychoanalytic perspective, da Vinci's greatness stemmed from sexual repression. No surprise there, considering this was Freud's modus operandi. </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Observation of men's daily lives shows us that most people succeed in directing very considerable portions of their sexual instinctual forces to their professional activity. The sexual instinct is particularly well fitted to make contributions of this kind since it is endowed with a capacity for sublimation."</p><p>Freud wrote this book in 1910. Rather than putting this book off as outdated, there are a number of keen observations and thought-provoking ideas that Freud puts forth. Like the many biographers that came both before and after him, Freud is desperately searching to understand where Leonardo's otherworldly artistry and genius stems from. Freud also concedes the point pretty heavily throughout the book that, in the end, these are just simply his own observations. This is by no means a definitive answer on the enigmatic figure da Vinci still evokes.</p><h1>Leonardo's Notebooks</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="SYXXQX1551742625" contenteditable="false">
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<p>What better place to learn about a man than from the words written in his own hand. These are the personal notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – the books he poured the contents of his mind into, so that he could both be understood and understand himself. The authors have organized this remnant of his writing into a cohesive and categorical layout, so that you can glide from his thoughts on painting, sculpting and anatomy to his interests in philosophy, natural science and much more. </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><em></em>"The mind of a painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the color of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects are in front of it."<em></em></p><p>These books give you the privilege to embark into the mind of the Renaissance master and experience something incredible. Nearly all of these pieces of writing are accompanied with some kind of artwork. </p><h1>Leonardo</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="VRAU1G1551742625" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Professor Martin Kemp is considered to be the world's leading expert on Leonardo da Vinci. This treatise offers us an incredible amount of insight on what made him such a great artist and scientist. Kemp goes on to explain in great detail the artistic merit within masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. </p><p>The book is both a journey on the winding and disparate career path da Vinci would take throughout his life, his many dreams left undone and a who's who of the cultural milieu of 15th century Florence and Italy. Kemp draws heavily from da Vinci's notebooks to paint a full picture of the genius behind the creations.</p><h1>Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind</h1><div class="rm-shortcode amazon-assets-widget" data-rm-shortcode-id="M8VU1P1551742625" contenteditable="false">
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<p>Charles Nicholl's book paints a rich picture of the Italian Renaissance worldview, one da Vinci existed in and shaped while he was alive. He expertly traces da Vinci's birth as an illegitimate child in Tuscany to his infamous ties and time with the <a href="https://bigthink.com/mike-colagrossi/how-the-medici-family-created-and-lost-their-banking-empire" target="_self">ruling families of Renaissance Europe.</a> </p><p>Nicholl also manages to write an even-keeled portrait of da Vinci the man. He doesn't spend too much time pouring his energy into psychological analysis or going deep into art interpretation. Utilizing his notebook entries, as many biographers before, he fleshes out a general day-to-day life of the master, which makes for an intimate portrayal of the man. While the mystery is still there, reading Nicholl's work is a humbling admission into the daily minutiae of man who affects us all.</p>
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