Genius?

Leonardo da Vinci was a writer, inventor, mathematician, artist, and so much more. His brilliance allowed him to excel in so many different areas, so how could he not be considered a genius? He created numerous inventions that were way ahead of his time, expanded the knowledge of man in many different areas, and was perhaps on of the best painters of the time. He made the concepts of calculators, helicopters, tanks, concentrated solar power, and a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. It is almost impossible to believe that one man could do so much in his lifetime, but with da Vinci, it is true. He seemed almost like some sort of superhuman, with far more knowledge than anyone else could dream of. He was so brilliant that he was able to write all of his notes in code. He did not want anyone to discover his inventions, so he wrote every letter, sentence, and word backwards. This is actually quite difficult, to both read and write, and he could do this very fluently like normal writing. He did a lot of things that strayed from the norm, creating many new ideas and ways of doing things that were outrageous to people of his time. Many of the things that he created were not believed by anyone else, because they were so wild and intelligent. Overall, Leonardo da Vinci was an utter genius in his time period, and has remained so all throughout history, even until today.

Sources

"Leonardo Da Vinci." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 13 May 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci.

"Leonardo Da Vinci | Renaissance Man." Museum of Science, Boston | Home. Web. 14 May 2010. http://www.mos.org/LEONARDO/bio.html>.

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Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia, 22 Jan. 2006. Web. 13 May 2010. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LEONARDO.JPG>.