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Leonardo's Science Workshop

Author Heidi Olinger
Release Date: 2019/01/01
ISBN: 9781631595257
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The second book in Rockport's Leonardo's Workshop series, Leonardo's Science Workshop explores concepts in science inspired by the multidisciplinary approach of master sculptor, architect, designer, scientist, engineer, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction: Leonardo’s Genius
  2. Chapter 1: Take Wing
    1. You Are in a Soup of Air Molecules
    2. Leonardo and Flight
    3. Grounded and Skyward
    4. Drag Is a Force of Flight
    5. Lift Up, Drop Down: Go Fly a Kite
    6. Grasp the Four Forces of Flight
  3. Chapter 2: Moving Along: The Science of Motion
    1. Clarifying Problems and Discovering Solutions
    2. Are We There Yet?
    3. How Motion Happens
    4. Water-Balloon Math
    5. Buoyant Force
  4. Chapter 3: One Energy Source Flows to the Next: Light, Wind, and Electro-Magnetic Fields
    1. The World Comes in Waves
    2. Electromagnetic Field
    3. Telling Electricity What to Do
  5. Chapter 4: Designing Technologies
    1. The Real Meaning of Technology
    2. Renaissance Technology is Still Important Today
    3. Plastics and Problem Solving
    4. Scientific Perspective
    5. Blend Chemistry and Art
  6. Chapter 5: Rocks and Stars
    1. Earth and Its Moon: Inseparable from One Another
    2. Explore the Moon and Keep Asking Why
    3. Imagine the Unimaginable: Impactors and Near-Earth Objects
    4. You Are a Model of the Universe
  7. Chapter 6: Write a Letter to Leonardo
    1. Describe the Experience You Have Gained
  8. Resources
  9. Photo Credits
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. About the Author
  12. Index
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