Article ID: CBB000300385

The Legend of the Leaning Tower (2003)

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Description Crease asks why the story of Galileo dropping balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa became part of the folklore of physics.


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Authors & Contributors
Settle, Thomas B.
Palmieri, Paolo
Zemplén, Gábor Á.
Valleriani, Matteo
Takahashi, Ken'ichi
Roux, Sophie
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Theoria (0495-4548)
Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
Olschki
Leo S. Olschki
Einaudi
Amsterdam University Press
Concepts
Physics
Experiments and experimentation
Mechanics
Historiography
Motion (physical)
Mathematics
People
Galilei, Galileo
Kepler, Johannes
Coulomb, Charles Augustin de
Dear, Peter
Tannery, Paul
Newton, Isaac
Time Periods
17th century
Renaissance
16th century
Early modern
Medieval
18th century
Places
Italy
Europe
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