From ScienceAlert, July 18:
Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding way ahead of his time.
To draw the Vitruvian Man in 1490 – an illustration of the 'ideal' human body – the Renaissance man may have relied on a mathematical ratio not formally established until the 19th century.
It's one of the most iconic images of all time, and yet for more than 500 years, no one could figure out why da Vinci chose such specific proportions for the arms and legs.
A London dentist thinks he's solved the mystery at last....
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Boy, this story hits the ground running, doesn't it. Bringing to mind the outro from July 2016's "So, Can You Write This Well? ":
For the next two minutes your politics and positions don't matter, this is smooth....
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....The last thing I read that slipped so smoothly into gear was:“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Four shots ripped into my groin, and I was off on the biggest adventure of my life … But first let me tell you a little about myself....—Max Shulman Sleep Till Noon (Doubleday, 1950)
