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Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment

  • Written by Larry M. Silverberg, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
imageGalileo, holding two balls, about to perform his legendary experiment. Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images

If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they both fall the same way and reach the...

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