Laura Bassi and science in 18th century Europe : the extraordinary life and role of Italy's pioneering female professor

This book presents the extraordinary story of a Bolognese woman of the settecento. Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711-1778) defended 49 Theses at the University of Bologna on April 17, 1732 and was awarded a doctoral degree on May 12 of the same year. Three weeks before her defense, she was made a mem...

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Hovedforfatter: Frize, Monique, 1942-
Format: Livre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• Laura Bassi and science in 18th Century Europe, the extraordinary life and role of Italy's pioneering female professor, Monique Frize, Berlin, Springer, 2013, 1 vol. (xix-196 p.), 978-3-642-38684-8
• Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe, Texte imprimé, 9783642386862
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • An Extraordinary Event in 1732
  • "Querelle des femmes" and Debates on the "Woman Question"
  • Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century
  • Laura Bassi: Her Education and Her Marriage
  • The Slow Start of Laura Bassi's Scientific Career and the Bolognese Community's Response to her Work
  • A Transition from the "Old" to the New Science
  • Scientific Works by Laura Bassi and Giuseppe Veratti
  • Laura Bassi and her Networks (1732-1745)
  • Correspondence with Men in Science and Medicine (1746-1778)
  • Famous Women in Science in Laura Bassi's Epoch
  • After Laura Bassi: Women in Science and Health careers in Nineteenth Century Italy.