Towers 2009-03-11 01:39:53 2009-04-07 12:52:40 Topic \section{Towers, Galileo and Physics} It has been reported that Galileo Galilei took advantage of the architectural error made with the famous Leaning \PMlinkexternal{Tower of Pisa,(Tuscany, Italy)}{http://binx101.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/14_19_53-the-leaning-tower-of-pisa-tuscany-italy_web.jpg} to carry out succesful experiments regarding gravitational acceleration, $g$, of falling massive bodies in the gravitational field $\widetilde{G}$ of the Earth. Next, there are other towers that have been major architectural successes but may not have contributed anywhere near as much to physics as Galileo's experiments from the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa ; this may also lead one to suspect that there is some hidden, negative (inverse) statistical correlation between successful physics experiments and architectural disasters. The new London bridge, with its forced oscillation problems-- uncovered promptly by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian Josephson (at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), and reported in ``The Times''-- may be one such other indication of this inverse correlation possibility, but also strongly reminding one of the leading role of physics in relation to all sorts of human engineering, including civil engineering, machines, computers, robots, nanotechnologies, biotech, and so on. \emph{Eiffel Tower} \section{Alternative pictures:} \PMlinkexternal{Empire State Building}{http://www.sanjuansnowtreks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/empirestate.jpg } No.1 Favorite: $http://www.sanjuansnowtreks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/empirestate.jpg$ No.2 : $http://www.blirk.net/userfiles/wallpapers/fullsize/empire-state-building-001.jpg$ No.3 $http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/hillaryk/EmpireStateBuilding.gif$ No.4: \PMlinkexternal{Sears Tower:}{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/SearsTowerMidwestEx.jpg} I prefer No.1 , but take your pick! A Green Picture of Eiffel Tower: \PMlinkexternal{Eiffel Tower}{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Tour_Eiffel.png} $Tour_Eiffel.png$ $http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tour_Eiffel.png$ See linked picts