Leonardo da Vinci

S1 E8: The world’s most celebrated artist, 600 years ago he invented machines that belong in the modern age: the tank, the diving suit, the helicopter. His advancements in the field of flight were truly ahead of their time. He broke the mold of medieval thinkers. Or did he? Startling new evidence suggests that Leonardo was not the revolutionary engineer that legend has portrayed him. Using cutting edge laser technology to analyse what lies behind the Mona Lisa, Leonardo’s most famous painting, this investigation delves deep into the technological genius of the Renaissance.