title: [An overestimated technician - Leonardo da Vinci].
abstract: The reasons are discussed why Leonardo da Vinci is being overestimated as engineer and inventor, although the majority of his drawings concerning engineering are not beyond the level of contemporary engineering knowledge and he never attempted to carry out those which would have been novel in fact.
authors.affiliation: National Museum for Science and Technology, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Szabadvary
mesh_terms: D004738:Engineering / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D007558:Italy
vernacular_title: Egy tulertekelt technikus - Leonardo da Vinci.