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ASI. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (http://www.asi.it/en/)
Italian Space Agency. Information about the agency's organization and management, programs, research centers, astronauts, and multimedia Web sites; as well as links to the space agencies of other countries. In Italian and English.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerce (CNR) (http://www.cnr.it/sitocnr/home.html)
National Research Council. Public organization that carries out, promotes, spreads, transfers, and improves research activities in the main sectors of knowledge growth and of applications for the scientific, technological, economic, and social development of Italy. Links to information about CNR--its organization, institutes, and activities; collaborations; data and statistics; events; news; publications, and more. Part of the Ministry of Universities and Research. In Italian, some English.

The Galileo Project (http://galileo.rice.edu)
Rice University's Web site devoted to Galileo. Links to a large number of sections and subsections (including a biography, chronology, and portraits), with much information about the man and the scientist, as well as a richly detailed and illustrated panorama of the Europe of his time.

Institute and Museum of the History of Science (IMSS) (http://www.imss.fi.it)
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza. Located in Florence, site provides information about the history of science in Italy, visiting the Museum, library and archives, news and events, images of exhibits, access to a virtual tour of the museum's Galileo room, and links to other scientific Web sites. In Italian and English.

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (http://www.miur.it)
Ministry of Universities and Research. Information on the Ministry, its organization, publications, press review, and more. In Italian.

Yahoo! Italia. Scienza e tecnologia (http://it.dir.yahoo.com/Scienza%5Fe%5Ftecnologia/)
Links to Web sites concerned with science and technology, listing the number of links in each category. Includes astronomy, biology, information science, and engineering. In Italian.

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