Galileo Galilei to Einstein's special theory of relativity. A biography by Galileo's pupil Vincenzo Viviani stated that Galileo had dropped balls of the same material, but different masses, from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of descent was independent of their mass. This was contrary to what Aristotle had taught: that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones, in direct proportion to weight. While this story has been retold in popular accounts, there is no account by Galileo himself of such an experiment, and it is generally accepted by historians that it was at most a thought experiment
Museo Galileo Among the most important exhibitions in Italy and the world: "Renaissance Engineers: From Brunelleschi to Leonardo da Vinci"; "The Mind of Leonardo: The Universal Genius at Work"; "The Medici and Science"; "Galileo’s Telescope: The Instrument that Changes the World"; "Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope"; "Vinum Nostrum: Art, Science and Myths of Wine in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures"; "Archimedes: The Arte and Science of Invention". Museo Galileo publishes historical scientific works and two journals, which are "", and "Galilaeana", devoted to research about the figure, work and scientific findings of Galileo Galilei. The Nuncius Library series publishes