Rice University: Galileo's Pendulum Experiments

This site from The Galileo Project by Rice University provides an excellent center for studies on Galileo. Includes links and information on all major areas of interest, and this is a great site to check out on the subject.

Students research Galileo's work and contributions to science. They make a timeline of Galileo's life, discuss the historical context for his book "Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems" and examine his trial by the Inquisition for...

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides an almost scientific biography, with life and career categories. The information is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.

This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an outline form biography on Francis Bacon. The information that is provided includes topics such as: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, and so on.

This website from Rice University contains information about one of the major cities in the Tuscany region; Florence. This site provides detailed information about the city, business and trade, the people and images of architecture.

This site from the Rice University contains information about the Medici Family of Florence. Gained their wealth through banking and commerce - wealthiest family in Italy. Discusses family throughout the Italian Renaissance.

Online adventure game consisting of three consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. These virtual experiments cover concepts such as history of...

This is a brief but helpful biography. It contains an extensive list of sources and a few links to key words.

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a medium length article describing the prosecution of the Roman Inquisition. The information is very interesting and worth checking out on the subject.

This site from Rice University of The Galileo Project provides a map (16th-Century) of the Tuscan region. The region was under the control of Florence. The map is more of a terrain map but interesting nonetheless.