In article <6uqou7$9q0$1 at news5.ispnews.com>, joecosby at tihjeb.seatac.net
(Joe Cosby) wrote:
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>>On 29 Sep 1998 08:12:39 GMT, Brett Evill wrote about Re: Time Magazine:
Man of the Millennium:
>> In article <6uopa7$rc$1 at quine.mathcs.duq.edu>, juola at mathcs.duq.edu>> (Patrick Juola) wrote:
>>>>>> >He also didn't *DO* anything with them. I can't think of a single
>> >one of the fields you mention in which there are any substantial
>> >contributions made by Da Vinci, with the exception of painting, in
>> >which he produced (at least) two acknowledged masterpieces.
>> >Geometry? I must have missed "Da Vinci's Theorem" when I took the
>> >class. I similarly missed the "Da Vinci" school of architecture
>> >(unlike, for example, Gropius).
>>>> Well, there was his sculpture. And he did most of his work in military
>> engineering. And he invented the wheel-lock mechanism for firearms. And I
>> have been told that he invented scissors.
>>>>Something I read recently left me with the impression that he
>pioneered human dissection, which would influence medicine,
>autopsy.
The ancient Greeks were dissecting people as part of anatomical studies,
at least as early as the first century AD.
>Although you have to admit, the invention of scissors doesn't
>seem like a huge influence on civilization...and while there
>are some intriguing military engineering ideas in his notebooks,
>I don't think any of them were adopted.
Leonardo da Vinci was a very active professional military engineer.
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Brett Evill
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