Leaning Tower of Pisa
Bell tower of Pisa Cathedral in Pisa, Italy.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics Insight | xkcd | subject | Galileo’s legendary drop, repeated by someone less lucky. |
Physics Insight — xkcd (2025)
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When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The comic’s caption contrasts Galileo’s experiment from the tower with the narrator doing the same thing today, who is detained by security for injuring several tourists.
- Why it matters: The tower is the gag’s whole premise; there is no more to the text than this.