The Leonardo da Vinci Puzzle Codex: Riddles, Puzzles and Conundrums Inspired by the Renaissance Genius

by Richard Wolfrik Galland

The fertile mind of Leonardo Da Vinci gave so much to the world: he was an artist, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer and more. He drew sketches and plans of many objects that would not be practically assembled for many centuries after his death, and his scientific approach to research was ahead of its time.

This book takes inspiration from hundreds of Leonardo's paintings, sketches, diagrams and writings to provide more than 150 puzzles and enigmas. Logic reasoning, riddles, codebreaking and many more are all beautifully illustrated with drawings, sketches, paintings and diagrams in the style of the master himself.

Genres: Puzzles, Art, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 14, 2014

Reviews

[Ангѣлъ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Има някои наистина добри загадки, но половината книга е заета от такива, които се повтарят и след третата доскучват, съответно - неееекст, особено картинните. Пълно е с неточности в описанието и решенията, което за книга със загадки е не-до-пус-ти-мо!

П.С. Книгата много слабо засяга Леонардо, т.е. скиците и картините на Леонардо могат да се заменят с такива на произволен ренесансов изобретател, без това да промени нищо (освен продажбите, може би).

П.С. 2 Като намеря повече време ще пусна пълно описание на грешките.

[Tim Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two good puzzles and three good anagrams (if you forgive the spelling mistake). Otherwise, it's the same old material with superficial changes. One of the answers is mangled and one plain wrong.

Very nicely presented.

[Mar Zapata · Rating 5 out of 5]

me parece muy entretenido aunque nunca llegue a resolver ningún acertijo pero es muy entretenido decirles los acertijos a la gente y reírte de q no los pueden resolver

[Zaira]

Divertido.

[Brendan May · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the puzzles are very challenging, but it's worth it!