Museo Galileo in Florence

#Sign up for tripbest July Hotel Tester Galileo has been called the father of various sciences, including modern observational astronomy, modern physics, and science itself. In his time, Galileo almost single-handedly advanced scientific civilization. However, that era also saw the most intense tug-of-war between science and religion. About 30 years before Galileo's birth, Copernicus published On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, which challenged the then-held belief in the geocentric model. Mathematicians like me frequently quote his classic line: "Nature is a book written in mathematics." This museum, strictly speaking, houses various medieval scientific instruments and measuring and observation tools, more closely resembling a display of historical artifacts than a display of educational material. The most surprising feature is the collection of Galileo's right middle finger.