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Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks

Season 1 Episode 1 | 8m 00s

More than 4,000 pages of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks remain. Over his lifetime, he made meticulous observations, drew fantastical flying machines, sketched castles and church architecture, invented weapons of war, and more. These surviving pages offer unique insight into the curious mind, knowledge and discoveries of Leonardo da Vinci.

Corporate funding for LEONARDO da VINCI was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and by its individual members The Paul and Sandra Montrone Family; Stephen A. Schwarzman; Diane and Hal Brierley; Carol and Ned Spieker; Michael and Sandy Collins; Mario J. Gabelli; The Lynch Foundation; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Cappy and Janie McGarr; and John and Leslie McQuown. Funding was also provided by Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha Darling; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.
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