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Rossi legacy: Miscellany collection

2023-02-01:

The miscellany collection belonging to Paolo Rossi's personal library have been catalogued

Italian Directory of PhD Dissertations of Historical-Scientific Interest

2022-11-02:

The Italian Directory of PhD Dissertations of Historical-Scientific Interest is online.

Rossi legacy: modern monographs

2022-10-11:

The modern monographs belonging to Paolo Rossi's personal library have been catalogued.

Piccardi's miscellany collection (PDF)

2022-03-16:

The miscellany collection belonging to Giorgio Piccardi has been catalogued as for the section Other documents

The Italian Review of the History of Science

2022-03-10:

The 2021 Review is online

The Italian Review of the History of Science - 2022

2022-03-10:

The 2022 Review is online

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Research library specialized in the history of science and technology, the Library of the Museo Galileo aims to support historical studies on the various scientific disciplines, on technology and medicine from the ancient world up to the first half of the twentieth century.

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The library houses about 170,000 works concerning the history of science. The antique book collection, consisting of nearly 5,000 works, is supplemented by several 19th-20th century collections as well as a contemporary collection which has an annual growth of hundreds of new acquisitions.