Walter Russell - the Modern Leonardo Da Vinci?

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Has anybody heard of Walter Russell? He was a truly amazing US polymath who did the following amongst many other things.

• Accomplished philosopher, musician, composer, painter and sculptor. He worked with many famous subjects such as President Roosevelt and Thomas Edison
• Without every studying architecture, he designed and built over $20 million worth of buildings around New York City, including the renowned Hotel des Artistes
• Predicted the existence of Neptunium and Plutonium in 1926 (well before the invention of the atomic bomb), saying if they were ever discovered, the pressures of this planet would not be enough to hold them together
• Founded and lectured at the University of Science and Philosophy
• A champion figure skater, Russell even won competitions at age 69 against competitors in their 20′sn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Russell

 

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Doesn't sound like he designed any weapons. Da Vinci was a master of warfare and invented the helicopter, the parachute, two other flying machines, the car, scuba and hundreds of other things.