Chapter 1 350 Years of coming to grips with the experimental activities of Galileo and his followers

Chapter 2 Vincenzio Viviani (1622–1703): Galileo's last disciple

Chapter 4 What it meant to be a Cimento academician

Chapter 5 Experiments concerning air pressure and the void and a look at the Accademia's internal workings

Chapter 6 The artificial freezing process of liquids, and the properties and effects of heat and cold

Chapter 7 The Cimento's publication process and presentational techniques: formulating a policy of self-censorship

Chapter 8 The Saturn problem and the path of comets: an analysis of the academicians' theoretical and observational Astronomy