However, da Vinci’s formal education was surprisingly limited.
Soon after becoming an apprentice under the master painter and sculptor, he began his lifelongartistic career.
However, da Vinci received little formal education in mathematics.
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Notably, da Vinci did not receive formal scientific training or advanced mathematics until he was over 40.
His empirical method relied on observation and precise depiction rather than experiments or theoretical models.
Da Vinci’s scientific methods differed fundamentally from later figures likeGalileo and Newton.
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