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Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further. The curator, part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion, may have sacrificed his life to keep secret the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. It appears that the clandestine Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect Opus Dei has now made its move. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.

`Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he's simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man' Books of the Year - The Times `Walter Isaacson keeps the mortal man to the fore. For all his supernatural gifts as an artist and natural scientist. Leonardo was resolutely human (illegitimate, vegan, in need of patrons) rather than the near deity of legend. Isaacson is an assured guide to Leonardo's fallibility - so many projects started, so few completed - as well as his extraordinary curiosity and his even more remarkable painterly skills that were sharpened by intense observation.' Michael Prodger, Books of the Year - The Sunday Times 'Infinitely curious, easily distracted, vain and vegetarian, Leonardo is brought to vivid life in this accomplished biography.' - The SundayTimes. 'an illuminating guide to the output of one of the last millennium's greatest minds.' - The Observer 'Isaacson doesn't claim to make any fresh discoveries, but his book is intelligently organised, simply written and beautifully illustrated.' Book of the Day, The Guardian. 'Isaacson's scholarship is impressive-he cites not only primary sources but secondary materials by art critics, essayists, and da Vinci's other biographers. This is a monumental tribute to a titanic figure.' - Publisher's Weekly "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it."-The New Yorker "Vigorous, insightful."-The Washington Post "A masterpiece."-San Francisco Chronicle "Luminous."-The Daily Beast 'To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed, and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer. And what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages.' David McCullough The creator of Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) officially sold at auction in New York in November 2017 for the record-breaking sum of GBP341 million. He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo's lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. Leonardo's delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauniere, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion a centuries old secret society and has sacrificed his life to protect the Priorys most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religio us relic hidden for centuries. But it now appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the Prirorys secret, has now made its move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the piece s of the puzzle, the Priorys secret and a stunning historical truth will be lost forever

Discover the bestselling thriller of all time from global phenomenon Dan Brown. Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historical truth will be lost forever...

The astonishing new thriller from the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol.Dan Brown’s new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces.As Dan Brown comments: “Although I studied Dante’s Inferno as a student, it wasn’t until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante’s work on the modern world. With this new novel, I am excited to take readers on a journey deep into this mysterious realm…a landscape of codes, symbols, and more than a few secret passageways.”

Pokud kdy existoval člověk, který předběhl svou dobu, pak to byl nepochybně Leonardo da Vinci. Tento umělec, vynálezce, konstruktér, sochař, skladatel a spisovatel proslul nejen svými obrazy – především portrétem Mony Lisy –, ale přišel rovněž s nesčetnými převratnými vynálezy i řešeními nejsložitějších tajů přírodního světa. Probuďte svou zvídavou mysl a pusťte se do luštění rébusů, které kdysi řešil i tento renesanční velikán.

Dioráma venovaná géniovi Leonardovi da Vincimu, spájajúca umenie, vedu a renesančnú eleganciu. 3D Puzzle obsahujú 367 dielikov. Rozmery: 19 x 28 x 6cm, Vek: 14+, Obsahuje LED Senzor

A tanulmányi úton Párizsban tartózkodó Robert Langdon szimbólumkutatót telefonon riasztják egy késő esti órán. A Louvre idős kurátorát meggyilkolták a múzeumban, és érthetetlen kódot találtak a holttest mellett. Miközben Langdon és Sophie Veveu, a tehetséges francia titkosírás-szakértő a rejtvény megoldásán dolgozik, elképedten fedezi fel a rejtett utalások nyomát Leonardo da Vinci műveiben – noha ezeket az utalásokat mindenki láthatja, a festő zseniálisan álcázta őket. A hagyományos thrillerregények kliséiből kilépő A Da Vinci-kód egyszerre villámgyors, intelligens és többrétegű; részletek sokasága és alapos kutatások eredménye. Az első oldalaktól a váratlan és elképesztő végkifejletig Dan Brown bestsellerszerző már megint mesterien bonyolítja a történetet.

Leonardo da Vinci zaměstnává naši představivost už téměř 500 let. Inspiroval mnoho mýtů, filmů i knižních bestsellerů. Kdo však byl onen muž stojící za tajemnou šifrou, umělec, který zvěčnil nejslavnější úsměv všech dob? Ode dne, kdy se narodil, sudi čky Leonardovi příliš nakloněny nebyly. V raném věku byl odloučen od své matky i šťastného života na italském venkově, ze kterého jej vykořenil otec, jehož skoro neznal a který syna přestěhoval do Florencie. Jeho budoucnost se tehdy příliš nadějně ne rýsovala. Navzdory všem neradostným vyhlídkám se však Leonardo da Vinci dokázal se svým osudem vypořádat jako nikdo jiný. Jeho život je strhujícím příběhem nemanželského syna, jehož renesanční společnost odmítala, ale který si razil průkopnickou cest u, aby si nakonec ve světě vydobyl natolik svébytné a výsostné postavení, že mu všichni záviděli.