Leonardo's Dream Machines
This two-part program follows the world's leading experts as they attempt for the first time to build some of Leonardo da Vinci's dream machines - to his exact specification and scale - 500 years after he first committed his ideas to paper. Were Leonardo's ideas the flights of fancy of a gifted artist or revolutionary designs hundreds of years ahead of their time?
Leonardo's Dream Machines Previous Broadcasts
Episode #102
KQED World: Sun, Jan 12, 2014 -- 1:00 PM
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Episode #101
KQED World: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 -- 1:00 PM
This two-part program follows the world's leading experts as they attempt for the first time to build some of Leonardo da Vinci's dream machines - to his exact specification and scale - 500 years after he first committed his ideas to paper. Were Leonardo's ideas the flights of fancy of a gifted artist or revolutionary designs hundreds of years ahead of their time?