Bibliography: books on Leonardo's brain research
Many thousands of books have been written about Leonardo. Excellent biographies include:
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Clark, Kenneth (1988) Leonardo da Vinci, Penguin |
| Kemp, Martin (1981) Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man. Cambridge: Harvard U. Press |
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Bramly, Serge (1995) Leonardo: the Artist and the Man, Penguin |
Two biographies that focus on Leonardo's science are:
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Keele, Kenneth D. (1983) Leonardo da Vinci's Elements of the Science of Man, Academic Press |
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Gillispie, Charles Coulston (ed.) "Leonardo da Vinci." Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. |
Other excellent books and articles describing Leonardo's anatomy include:
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McMurrich, J.P. (1930) Leonardo da Vinci the Anatomist (1452-1519), William & Wilkens |
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O'Malley, C.D. and Saunders, J.B.deC.M. (1952) Leonardo da Vinci on the Human Body, Henry Schuman |
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Clayton, M. and Philo, R. (1992) Leonardo da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man, Bulfinch Press |
| Belt, Elmer (1955) Leonardo the Anatomist. University of Kansas Press |
| Roberts, Jane (1989) "An introduction to Leonardo's anatomical drawings" In: F. Ames-Lewis (ed.) Nine lectures on Leonardo da Vinci (University of London), pp. 53-62. |
| Todd, Edwin M. (1983) The Neuroanatomy of Leonardo da Vinci. Santa Barbara: Capra Press |
| Zubov, V.P. (1968) Leonardo da Vinci. David Kraus, transl. Harvard University Press |
Leonardo's manuscripts have been published in facsimile, and a substantial number are available in English.The anatomical facsimiles include:
| Clark, K. and Pedretti, C. (1968) The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, Phaidon |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1978-1980) Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection of Her Majesty, the Queen, at Windsor Castle (Keele, K. and Pedretti, C. eds.), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1898). I Manoscritti di Leonardo da Vinci della reale biblioteca di Windsor. Dell'Anatomia. Fogli A. (T. Sabachnikoff, ed.), Rouveyre |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1901). I Manoscritti di Leonardo da Vinci della reale biblioteca di Windsor. Dell'Anatomia. Fogli B. (T. Sabachnikoff, ed.), Roux e Viarengo Editori |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1911-1916). Quaderni d'Anatomia (I - VI) (Vangensten, O.C.L., Fonahn A., Hopstock, H., eds.), Christiania |
| O'Malley, C.D. and Saunders, J.B.deC.M. (1952) Leonardo da Vinci on the Human Body, Henry Schuman |
The standard anthologies of his writings include Richter (first edition, 1883) and MacCurdy:
| Richter, J.P. (1970) The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, Phaidon |
| MacCurdy, E. (1938) The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. London: Jonathan Cape |
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