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In other words, DaVinci says, "Read and learn from me, but please don't use my inventions to kill people." Oh well. So much for that idealism...
Leonardo's Notebooks Online
Posted by Stuart at 05:12 PM on June 05, 2004I am quickly becoming addicted to my RSS Reader. This week I started reading The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci. Not the whole thing, though, just a page a day in my RSS Reader.
But you can follow along as well, even if you don't use an RSS Reader. A guy named Matt Webb has created a website that posts one page of DaVinci's Notebooks every day. It will take 4 years to go through all 1,561 pages, but it might be an interesting read.
For example, here's a quote from Page 1:
How by a certain machine many may stay some time under water. And how and wherefore I do not describe my method of remaining under water and how long I can remain without eating. And I do not publish nor divulge these, by reason of the evil nature of men, who would use them for assassinations at the bottom of the sea by destroying ships, and sinking them, together with the men in them.
In other words, DaVinci says, "Read and learn from me, but please don't use my inventions to kill people." Oh well. So much for that idealism...
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