Finmeccanica
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy
The Science Museum, London

The Art of Invention - Entrance

The catalogue

The official catalogue of the exhibition, edited by Paolo Galluzzi and published by Giunti Publishing Group, Florence, is available. The catalogue (252 pages) features over 300 color images.
The catalogue can be purchased for £ 22.99 from the Museum shop and Ottakars bookstore.
Index of the catalogue

5
Foreword
Sir Neil Cossons

6
Foreword
Alberto Lina

7
Preface
Paolo Galluzzi

11
Introduction

93
Section I: Brunelleschi and the dome of Florence Cathedral

117
Section II: The Sienese engineers
118 II.1: The manuscripts of the Sienese engineers
120 II.2: Mastering water
147 II.3: Warfare
164 II.4: Machines in the city
172 II.5: Energy for machines

187
Section III: Leonardo: machines and mechanisms
188 III.1: Leonardo's manuscripts
192 III.2: Leonardo da Vinci: the anatomy of machines
226 III.3: The human body as a wonderful machine
234 III.4: Leonardo's lost robot (Mark Rosheim)
236 III.5: Body-Earth analogy
238 III.6: The machine-building

241
Bibliography

251
List of abbreviations
Photographic credits

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