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“Spuntar lo scoglio più duro”: Did Galileo Ever Think the Most Beautiful Thought Experiment in the History of Science? (2005)

Palmieri, Paolo (Author)

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume: 36
Pages: 223--240
Publication date: 2005
Language: English

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Physics Reasoning in science Kinematics Experiments and experimentation Models and modeling in science Gravitation 16th century Pisa (Italy) Galilei, Galileo

Still today it remains unclear whether Galileo ever climbed the leaning tower of Pisa in order to drop bodies from its top. Some believe that he established the principle of equal speeds for falling bodies by means of an ingenious thought experiment. However, the reconstruction of that thought experiment circulating in the philosophical literature is no more than a cartoon. In this paper I will tell the story of the thought processes behind the cartoon.

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Description On the famous tower of Pisa motion experiment.

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