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Galileo dropped objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to test falling bodies.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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6 sources for · 4 against

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Is it true that Galileo dropped objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to test falling bodies?

Partly. Popular and textbook accounts repeat that Galileo dropped objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, while several historical and physics sources call the episode a legend or myth and doubt it happened as described. The evidence covers the story's existence and its disputed status rather than settling the event itself.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 6 sources for, 4 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 6
Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
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Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%27s_Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa_experiment

Evidence against · 4
Galileo and the Tower of Pisa experiment
1978
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Adler, C. G. & Coulter, B. L. (1978). Galileo and the Tower of Pisa experiment. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11165

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Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa
1935
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Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (1935). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/136006a0

THE SPEED OF FALLING. (Auckland Star, 09 December 1899)
1899
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THE SPEED OF FALLING. (Auckland Star, 09 December 1899). (1899). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18991209.2.48.19.2

Galileo, Gauss, and the Green Monster
2013
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Dan, K. & J., T. D. (2013). Galileo, Gauss, and the Green Monster. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1018206

Physics with Calculus/Introduction/Physics
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Physics with Calculus/Introduction/Physics. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Physics_with_Calculus/Introduction/Physics

Conic Sections in Relation to Physics and Astronomy
1970
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Conic Sections in Relation to Physics and Astronomy. (1970). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5951/mt.63.2.0101

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Laboratory test of the Galilean universality of the free fall experiment
2014
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Laboratory test of the Galilean universality of the free fall experiment. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/49/2/201

A High-Speed Test of the Equivalence Principle
2022
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Williams, H. (2022). A High-Speed Test of the Equivalence Principle. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0038935

Science secrets: the truth about Darwin's finches, Einstein's wife, and other myths
2011
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Science secrets: the truth about Darwin's finches, Einstein's wife, and other myths. (2011). search.ebscohost.com. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=829653

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