Sadly (or happily, if you're rooting for Pisa), the plan was too awesome for 16th century technology.

可惜的是（你如果支持比萨的话，就该展颜了），这个计划相对于16世纪的技术过于先进。

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Why, he asked, did the science of Galileo emerge "in Pisa but not in Patna or Peking"?

他问道：为什么伽利略出现在比萨而不是巴特那或者北京呢？

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Who can forget Michelangelo’s David or that leaning tower in Pisa.

谁能忘记米开朗琪罗的大卫像吗？ 比萨斜塔？

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The OECD has the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA.

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The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment or Pisa tests examines the performance of 15-year-old pupils in mathematics, science, and reading.

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Professionalization of a teaching profession that merely focuses on getting better PISA test scores or more efficient teaching of a common core curriculum will do no better than what we have now, and probably worse.

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Florence is the regional capital, but other renowned cities and town such as Pisa and its leaning tower or Lucca with its fortress walls add their own particular history and charm.

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