Demo Five Galileo Audio Book

Galileo was a philosopher who was skilled at inventing instruments for scientific research. In 1599, he hired a workman to live with him and test out the devices that he created. Like many other philosophers who greatly extended our knowledge of nature, Galileo had a remarkable aptitude for the invention of instruments designed for philosophical research. To facilitate his practical work, we find that in 1599 he had engaged a skilled workman who was to live in his house and be constantly at hand to try the devices, which were forever springing from Galileo's fertile brain.