and engineering are recorded in more than 13,000 pages of notes and drawings which have found their way to major collections such as the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the Louvre and many others. As a successful artist he was also given permission to dissect human corpses. He made over 240 detailed drawings on anatomy. During his lifetime he was also valued as an engineer. He was able to create all sorts of machines. Leonardo Da Vinci's IQ was 220 and he is widely considered one of the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. He was already very famous during his lifetime and interest in Leonardo and his works has never diminished. He never won any awards because at his lifetime no awards were given out. But there's an award called `'Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts'' which was first awarded in 1989. Interesting facts about him: Most of his writings are in mirror-image cursive. Since he wrote with his left
indicates. The runner accepted criticism from his coach very well. distort v. to change from the original shape or adj. distorted condition, usually in an unnatural way n. distortion Syn. deform Time and space are distorted when traveling at the speed of light. Distortion of the image from a microscope can be caused by low light. diverse adj. various; distinct from others adv. diversely Syn. Different n. diversity v. diversify Freud had many diverse interests in psychology. The diversity of life forms on Earth makes zoology an interesting area of study. prosperous adj. successful, wealthy adv. prosperously Syn. thriving v. prosper n. prosperity In the early 1900s, San Francisco was a prosperous city. Bacteria prosper under the proper conditions. purposefully adv
1 ”Pilk tulevikku” (A Glance into the future) Looming (1923): 292-293. music, but the subsidy was small and the publishers had to confine themselves to chamber music. The Estonian novel strode along the path of progress. Anton Hansen Tammsaare would become a celebrated author with his pentalogy Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice1) published between 1926-1933. The main characters, belonging to several generations of Estonians, would diversely reflect on the meaning of life. The opus is a cross-section of the evolution of Estonian society: the story of the struggle to develop an understanding of the land, community, themselves, God, and death. International literary connections were mainly promoted by the Estonian branch of International PEN (founded in1928)2. Western innovations in literature, for example Expressionism, had limited influence, apart from some of the literary works of August Gailit and Friedebert Tuglas