DA VINCI EXPERT PLANS PRESENTATION
Posted on March 19, 2012
In fact, Smithsonian Magazine,
NPR and PBS all have described Atalay as a “modern Renaissance man.” A regular speaker at the
Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society and the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Atalay will give a special presentation at
11 a.m. March 29 in Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre. Appearing in conjunction with
the ongoing exhibition Leonardo da Vinci:
Machines in Motion, he will discuss da Vinci’s artworks, inventions and
ideas with school groups and members of the Cal U community. The public may
attend. Atalay teaches university
courses in physics and quantum mechanics, and he travels the world as a
lecturer, photographer and artist. The author of Math and the Mona Lisa and Leonardo’s
Universe, among many other works, he also blogs for National Geographic. As a lecturer, Atalay regularly
speaks not only to scientists, scholars and arts professionals, but also to
students at high schools near his home in Virginia. He especially enjoys
exploring the connections between science and the arts. Read more about Dr. Bulent Atalay. View “Leonardo’s Model,” a lecture by Dr. Bulent Atalay. 
Dr. Bulent Atalay is a
scientist, an artist, a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost
authorities on Leonardo da Vinci.
