The Heart of Leonardo Foreword by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales /

• Main Author: Wells, Francis C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human anatomy.; Cardiology.; Humanities.; Medicine & Public Health.; Anatomy.; History of Medicine.; Fine Arts.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4531-8

The dynamic nature of heart action and the ever changing demands on its output and power make it an organ that can only be understood by integrating form with function at every level. Our contemporary understanding of the human heart and its workings is at the cutting edge of modern medical and biol...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
• Foreword by Martin Kemp
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Making of a Master: Leonardo, His Life and Times
• Leonardo, Anatomist or Natural Philosopher?
• Leonardos Use of Drawing
• Leonardo Da Vinci Drawings
• Leonardos Heart
• Leonardo: A Personal Legacy
• Leonardo Scholarship and the Cataloguing of the Anatomical Manuscripts
• Bibliography.