If you get a chance to see this show on public television, check it out.

It's another example of a scientist who also mastered art.

The show blurb:

Did Leonardo da Vinci create the blueprints that could have given the world the supergun of its day and the gift of flight, or were his designs merely fanciful? In this two-part programme, today's experts attempt to bring to life two of his most ambitious designs, an 80ft crossbow and a glider based on a recurring wing shape in his drawings.