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Article: Leonardo da Vinci, Section: Fame and reputation

By the end of the 20th Century interest in Leonardo’s status as an historical icon continued with an ever increasing number of reference books and biographies being published about him. One of the world’s largest online bookstores, Amazon.com, as of February 2013, has an estimated 20,977 publications on, about, or relating to Leonardo.

Leonardo's genius has been the subject of much debate, for both experts and non-experts alike. In 1994, a study was conducted in an effort to classify the world’s greatest geniuses by memory expert and author Tony Buzan and chess grandmaster and Oxford literature scholar Raymond Keene, and the results were published in their book – “Buzan’s Book Of Genius”. Out of the 100 geniuses studied, Leonardo da Vinci scored highest in IQ (scoring 220) and GS (Genius Score - on an 835-point scale, scoring 822). The “Genius Score” was the first of its kind ever attempted [quote book], and some of the criteria for making the GS determination included (all on a “scaling” system): dominance in the field, active longevity, polymath, versatility, strength and energy , IQ , ongoing influence, prolificness and achievement of prime goal, universality of vision, outstanding originality, and deliberate desire to create teaching avenues or academies to further the genius’ ideas. On Rankopedia an online public poll, Leonardo was voted by non-experts as being the greatest genius who ever lived. On the other hand some critics argue that his genius is overestimated, for example because many of his inventions were failures, and that he had only a rudimentary grasp of Latin and Mathematics, that his IQ could not have been any more than 160. Defenders of Leonardo's genius however claim that such critics are taking their assessments out of context and neglecting other aspects.

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Leonardo’s popularity as a genius was strengthened in the 18th and 19th century thanks to the Romantic Movement. By the end of the 20th Century interest in Leonardo’s status as an historical icon continued with an ever increasing number of reference books and biographies being published about him. Amazon.com, as of February 2013, has an estimated 20,977 publications on, about, or relating to Leonardo.

Leonardo's genius has been the subject of much debate, for both experts and non-experts alike. Efforts to rank the world's greatest geniuses have often placed Leonardo among "the greatest". In 1926 American psychologist Catherine Cox published Early Mental Traits of 300 Geniuses, and Leonardo was ranked 27th with an estimated IQ of 180. In 1994, a study was conducted by Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene and the results were published in their book – ''Buzan’s Book Of Genius''. Of 100 geniuses studied, Leonardo scored highest in IQ (scoring 220) and GS (Genius Score - on an 835-point scale, scoring 822). Michael Gelb's book How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: 7 Steps To Genius Every Day claims Leonardo is the greatest genius of all time On Rankopedia, an online poll, Leonardo was voted by non-experts as being the greatest genius who ever lived. A 2010 common street poll ranked Leonardo as the second smartest person of all time. On the other hand some critics argue that his genius is overestimated and that his IQ could not have been any more than 160, since many of his inventions were failures, and that he had only a rudimentary grasp of Latin and Mathematics. Defenders of Leonardo's genius however claim that such critics are taking their assessments out of context and neglecting other aspects.

In this article it isn't explained exactly what Vasari's Lives is, or who Sigmund Freud was etc etc. So it isn't the place for a full description of a study that involved investigation of 100 genius. That is all superfluous to the article. And it doesn't need full description of who the authors are.

The next job is to write a short article on ''Buzan's Book of Genius'' and include all the extra information about how the study was conducted, the criteria, and the brief backgrounds of the writers.

Re refs and punc: put the reference outside the punctuation of the sentence to which it pertains. A single source may be referencing and entire paragraph.

Amandajm (talk) 00:24, 20 February 2013 (UTC)