Galileo didn't invent thermometer that bears his name
(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari in the Palazzo Vecchios Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.
The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to understand complex data. One ...
(AP) -- Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.