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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frize, Monique (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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.