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Index of Galileo's multimedia

portrait of Galileo

University studies (1580-1585)
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Galileo and the science of motion
Pendulum movement
First teaching position (1589-1592)
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Law of free-falling bodies
Padua and Florence (1592-1608)
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Galileo's compass
Thermoscope
Inclined plane
Equilibrium on inclined planes
Water-raising machine
From the thermoscope to the thermometer
Galileo and magnetism
Astronomical discoveries and return to Florence (1609-1610)
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Galileo's micrometer
Ptolemaic system
Copernican system
Pretelescopic astronomy
Telescope
Galileo's astronomy
First Mathematician and Philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610-1611)
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Jovilabe
Celatone
Saturn's system
Navigation techniques
Accademia dei Lincei
Water and the Sun (1611-1613)
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Ptolemaic system
Helioscope
Hydrostatics and hydraulics
Accademia dei Lincei
Copernican system

Last update 30/gen/2008