Galileo And Beyond. - 350 Years of coming to grips with the experimental activities of Galileo and his followers. - Vincenzio Viviani (16221703): Galileo's last disciple. - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (16081679). - What it meant to be a Cimento academician. - The Accademia Del Cimento: 16571662. - Experiments concerning air pressure and the void and a look at the Accademia's internal workings. - The artificial freezing process of liquids and the properties and effects of heat and cold. - The Accademia Del Cimento: 16621667. - The Cimento's publication process and presentational techniques: formulating a policy of self-censorship. - The Saturn problem and the path of comets: an analysis of the academicians' theoretical and observational Astronomy. Language: English