The Generator Coordinate Method (GCM) is a mathematical tool for the understanding of stable atomic nuclei. Electronic, Atomic and Molecular Calculations is designed to assist scientists applying GCM in the analysis of the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. There have been numerous publica[...]

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated e[...]

Plants, landscapes, human face and figure, plus studies for Sforza monument, "Last Supper, more. 60 illus.
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One of the world's greatest artists, Leonardo da Vinci left surprisingly few completed paintings, yet even his sketches were marvelous works of art. This full-color collection includes 24 of his finest creations in miniature, among them "Antique Warrior, Five Grotesque Heads, "and" Portrait of Lisa [...]

Compiled many years after his death from numerous original manuscripts, "A Treatise on Painting is the principal repository of Leonardo da Vinci's practical thoughts on the technique of drawing and painting. It begins with precise instructions on drawing the human body and then moves on to technique[...]

Reviews and expands upon different aspects of Italian grammar. Following the guidelines established by the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning, this title develops Italian language proficiency through varied features that accommodate a variety of teaching styles and goals.[...]

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most outstanding intellectuals of the Renaissance. An entirely self taught intellectual giant, he was endlessly curious about the physical world. His notebooks reveal the breadth of his research into subjects as diverse as anatomy, botany, physics, and engineering, i[...]

Vasco da Gama (?1469?1524) is well known as one of a generation of discoverers, along with Magellan, Cabral, and Columbus. Yet little is known about his life, or about the context within which he ?discovered? the all-sea route to India in 1497?99. This book, based on a mass of published and unpublis[...]

Alongside the body of the elderly curator of the Louvre, police have found a series of baffling codes. Unless Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor and Sophie Neveu, a gifted French cryptologist can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historical tru[...]