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Bulent Atalay- Leonardo's Universe- Complete Slide Lecture- Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi

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Professor Bulent Atalay gave an audio visual presentation at the invitation of Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art, Chandigarh, India) in July 2010 to a packed auditorium. For more videos on art visit www.lalitkalachandigarh.com 21st CENTURY RENAISSANCE MAN - BULENT ATALAY Bulent Atalay is the author of his bestselling book, Math and the Mona Lisa, published by Smithsonian Books, which has appeared in a dozen languages. His new book, Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo da Vinci, was recently released by National Geographic Books, and already declared one of "Ten Must-Have Books for the Year" by the Britannica. Bulent Atalay has been characterized as a true "Renaissance Man - an artist, archaeologist and scientist." by The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, NPR, PBS and Wikipedia. Bulent received his early education at Eton in England and St. Andrew's School in Delaware. His advanced education includes BS, MS, MA, PhD and postdoctoral studies, completed at Georgetown, Princeton, University of California-Berkeley, and Oxford University. A professor of physics in Virginia now, he has previously been a member of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, as well as the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In art, Bulent has had one-man exhibitions in London and the Washington, DC. His lithographs were published by Eton House in Lands of Washington: Impressions in Ink, (two volumes), 1972; and Oxford and the English Countryside: Impressions in Ink, 1974, both in limited editions and are no longer in print, but both books can be found in the permanent collections of Buckingham Palace, the White House and the Smithsonian.