... and new approach to composition gave my pieces an atmosphere never before seen. During my early years as a painter, I began to experiment with mechanical studies, science and anatomy and so on, using my drawing skills as a key way of enhancing my understanding. Some may say that I was the best scientist in Europe, above all my contemporaries. I studied the circulation of the blood and the anatomy of the human eye, the moon, tides, continent formation, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics - areas of research that have found fruition today, five hundred years later. However, my notes and most of my technical work never found conclusion, and it seems were eventually deciphered in the 16th century. My only regret is that no one ever thought it suitable to publish them, they would have revolutionised the era, or perhaps brought the bearer the criticism I fortunately avoided. In 1482 I ...

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