Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci • Walter Isaacson

⭑ 6.4 Stars

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - Walter Isaacson is the very best at what he does. I approached this biography as a genuine test of his ability to capture the attention of an incredibly broad set of readers, and he once again delivered. It’s not as if Leonardo Da Vinci wasn’t an interesting subject, but I had no idea how engaged I’d be throughout this entire book.

What resonated most for me was just how resourceful Da Vinci was in his relatively short life. His curiosity and approach to testing his own theories was centuries ahead of his time, and I can’t help but think that regardless of when or where he was born, he’d have always ended up as one of the most successful entrepreneurs of his generation.