Learning from Leonardo

INDEX

Page references given in bold indicate illustrations.

abbreviators, discourse against, 151

Ackerman, James, 136

aerial views, 71, 71, 72, 73

aerodynamics: and water flow, 33, 38, 58, 265, 267, 277–78

and bird flight, 186–87, 200–201, 252–53, 259–79, 269

compared to modern science, 265, 266, 267, 272, 278–79

and compressibility of air, 33, 252–54, 256, 266, 267, 278

and lift-to-drag ratio, 261–65

and mathematical reasoning, 261, 262, 263

and mechanical flight, 186, 251–54, 254, 255, 256, 256–60, 257, 260, 268, 272, 273, 274–76, 278–79

and pressure distribution, 262, 267, 278

and wind tunnel principle, 177, 261, 265, 278

air: as life-sustaining medium, 282, 298

mixed with blood, 284, 285, 286–87, 297, 298–99

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