Glimpses of the Independent Scholars

I'm working on the da Vinci profile. It's coming along, but a couple of my books are still in storage and there are some quotes I really want to use in this very special biography. After all, only the best for Leonardo. He will arrive when he is ready.

These mystery lifelong learners or independent scholars--who are they? Among them you will find:

• A physicist who studied just "for the pleasure of finding things out"
• A surgeon who has operated on more than 60,000 patients
• A wandering man who wrote 86 novels
• A forgotten giant with a vision of global ecology and human fellowship

They are waiting in the wings and will be presented shortly. As to the rest, they will arrive when they are ready.