In the real world, da Vinci was a prominent painter and engineer and a contemporary of Galileo. In the novel, he is another person whom Wang meets in the medieval Europe version of the Three-Body game. Perhaps because he is an artist, the story presents da Vinci as more patient and open-minded than some of his crueler colleagues.
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Leonardo da Vinci Character Timeline in The Three-Body Problem
The timeline below shows where the character Leonardo da Vinci appears in The Three-Body Problem. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15. Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day
...because no one has ever seen three suns in the sky at the same time. Leonardo da Vinci interrupts, suggesting that some societies may have seen three suns and just not lived to...
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As the scholars prepare to burn Wang, da Vinci explains that if Wang’s avatar is killed in the game, he can never log in...
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