Thematic Collections
The proportional compass is a calculating instrument based on the use of proportional scales developed for specific arithmetic or geometric applications.
This is a thematic digital library that, in addition to including the works on display in the exhibition, offers structured paths for accessing the contents and presents itself as a research environment open to continuous updating and implementation.
The digital library dedicated to the controversy over comets reconstructs the historical, iconographic, and textual atmosphere of the heated debate, from 1618 to 1626, sparked by the appearance of three celestial bodies in the sky. Natural philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers investigated and argued over the composition, position, and movement of these “celestial splendors.”
The “Civilization of Anatomy”: the genre of Literary Anatomies in seventeenth-century Italy.
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Digital Library
An innovative approach to the study of perspective and its sources
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Research systemRelated resources
Digital library devoted to Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856).
The website is available only in Italian.
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Research system
Due to his strong experimental vocation, Roster used photography as a primary support to his scientific research.
The website is avaliable only in Italian.
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Research system
Part of the Galilean corpus, this collection brings together some of the works of Galileo's disciples
1512-2012: Evidences related to Vespucci in Museo Galileo's collections
The website is available only in Italian.
This collection (only in Italian) on the life and works of this Florentine scientist was conceived in honour of the 300-year anniversary of his birth.
A partial replica of Galileo’s private library, displaying books and papers from the Fondo Galileiano in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.
The website is available only in Italian
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The exhibition “Leonardo and His Books: The Library of the Universal Genius” (Florence, Galileo Museum, June 6 – September 22, 2019) will feature full public access to the library in digital form.