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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.