Kusukela esigabeni esingezansi, nginikeze uhlu lwazo zonke izindawo lapho uLeonardo ayehlala khona nezindawo zakhe zolwazi nobuchwepheshe besayensi.
Context:ULeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 Ephreli 1452 <unk> 2 Meyi 1519) wayengumuntu wase-Italy owaziwa kakhulu nge-High Renaissance owayesebenza njengomdwebi, umdwebi, unjiniyela, usosayensi, isazi semfundiso, umqophi, nomakhi. Nakuba ekuqaleni udumo lwakhe lwalusekelwe emisebenzini yakhe njengomdwebi, wabuye waziwa nangamaphepha akhe amanothi, lapho enza khona imidwebo namanothi ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nesayensi yokwakheka komzimba womuntu, isayensi yezinkanyezi, isayensi yezitshalo, ukwenziwa kwamabalazwe, ukudweba, ne-paleontology. ULeonardo ubhekwa kabanzi njengongqondongqondo owafanekisela umqondo wobuntu beNkathi Yokuvuselelwa, futhi imisebenzi yakhe ehlangene ihlanganisa umnikelo ezizukulwaneni zakamuva zabadwebi ofaniswa kuphela nalowo womuntu ayephila naye ngesikhathi esemusha, uMichelangelo.  Wazalelwa ngaphandle komshado kummeli wezomthetho ophumelelayo nowesifazane osezingeni eliphansi eVinci, noma eduze kwayo, futhi wafundiswa eFlorence ngumdwebi nomqophi wase-Italy u-Andrea del Verrocchio. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe edolobheni, kodwa wabe esechitha isikhathi esiningi ekhonza uLudovico Sforza eMilan. Kamuva, waphinde wasebenza eFlorence naseMilan, futhi wahlala isikhashana eRoma, konke lokhu ngesikhathi edonsa abalandeli abaningi nabafundi. Emenywe uFrancis I, wachitha iminyaka yakhe yokugcina emithathu eFrance, lapho afela khona ngo - 1519. Kusukela ekufeni kwakhe, akukaze kube nesikhathi lapho impumelelo yakhe, izithakazelo ezihlukahlukene, ukuphila kwakhe siqu, kanye nokucabanga okuhlangenwe nakho kuye kwehluleka ukuvusa isithakazelo nokumangala, okwenza abe ngumuntu onegama elivamile futhi abe yisihloko esikweni.
ULeonardo wafundiswa eFlorence lapho aqala khona ukuphila, kodwa wabe esethuthela eMilan eyosebenza emkhayeni wakwaSforza. Kamuva ekuphileni kwakhe wasebenza naseRoma futhi ekugcineni wathuthela eFrance lapho ashonela khona ngo-1519. ULeonardo wayengusosayensi odume ngezifundo zakhe nangezincwadi eziye zanyatheliswa ezihlokweni ezihlukahlukene ezihlanganisa i-anatomy, isayensi yezinkanyezi, isayensi yezitshalo, ukwenziwa kwamabalazwe, ukudweba nobunjiniyela bemishini.