Description

This commemorative medal measures about 4.6 cm in diameter, was made manually in scale 1:1 without automated reduction processes and, subsequently, was reproduced in limited series and enriched by electro galvanization and finally brushed by hand.
The medal is shipped in a practical handmade blue velvet effect bag with a certificate that in addition to guaranteeing the authenticity shows the serial number.

Straight
Three-dimensional representation of the face of Galileo Galilei (Pisa, February 15, 1564 – Arcetri, January 8, 1642). Italian physicist, astronomer, philosopher, mathematician and academic, considered the father of modern science. A key figure in the scientific revolution, for having explicitly introduced the scientific method, his name is associated with important contributions in physics and astronomy.

Verso
The reverse side shows a depiction of Galileo’s telescopes, two telescopes made by the physicist to observe the sky, of which only two originals remain, preserved at the Museo Galileo in Florence, and of the proportional compass, a sophisticated and versatile calculating instrument used to perform numerous geometric and arithmetic operations by exploiting the proportionality between the homologous sides of two similar triangles, also preserved at the Museo Galileo in Florence.