Why did Leonardo da Vinci write backward?
Leonardo da Vinci filled his notebooks with mirror writing that reads right to left, along with sketches of flying machines, anatomy, and inventions far ahead of his time.
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Who bought a Leonardo da Vinci notebook?
Bill Gates bought Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, a notebook of scientific writings, for about $30.8 million in 1994.
What was on Leonardo da Vinci's to-do lists?
Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks include curious to-do items, like describing the tongue of the woodpecker.
Are Marie Curie's notebooks still radioactive?
Marie Curie's notebooks are still radioactive and are kept in lead-lined boxes.
What is Ramanujan's "lost notebook"?
Ramanujan's "lost notebook" was rediscovered at Trinity College in 1976.