Leonard Shlein, MD, researcher, inventor, made an attempt to study the features of the psyche and consciousness of Leonardo da Vinci, based on the latest achievements in neuroscience.
The author examines the discoveries of the namesake through the prism of modern studies of the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and sees the uniqueness of the creator in their amazing integration. Leonardo’s brain is an occasion to talk about the features of human intelligence in general and about the evolution of our species. In a sense, this genius is a man of the future, an ideal that our species can achieve if it does not follow the path of self-destruction.
Alpina non-fiction, 278 p.