Interdisciplinary analysis of the Leonardo da Vinci's studies on dynamics

The activity was mainly addressed to study the scientific production of Leonardo da Vinci by means of an integrated approach that combines exact and human sciences. A huge interest was focused on dynamics, topic of great interest for Leonardo as it emerges in several points of his notebooks where he discussed relevant aspects of this physics branch and developed conceptions that evolved over the time. Within this general goal, the following specific issues have been also taken into account: i) recognition and comparative source analysis of the network of scholars, artisans and texts for a reconstruction of the cultural, scientific and technical framework in which Leonardo elaborated his concepts; ii) impact of the Leonardo’s work on the present research fields; iii) impact of the Leonardo’s work on the present educational field; iv) evaluation of the Leonardo’s work as an innovative tool for the “third culture” promotion. In this framework, the analysis of the Leonardo’s studies followed two driving lines: i) to place his findings in his time context and
ii)  to establish connections with the current cultural approaches.
The activity has been carried out at the Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR) of Tours. The performed study has a great relevance for the valorisation of the Centre-Val de Loire region where Leonardo spent the last three years of his life.