Laura Bassi–The World's First Woman Professor in Natural Philosophy An Iconic Physicist in Enlightenment Italy
This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna and also the first woman to be appointed a university professor in physics, or universal philosophy as it was then ter...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | Springer Biographies
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Table of Contents:
- Laura Bassi: emblem and record in Settecento science, Luisa Cifarelli, Raffaella Simili
- History of Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, Walter Tega
- Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. European traveller and natural philosopher, Walter Tega
- Newton’s legacy: an open field of research, Niccolò Guicciardini
- Physics in the eighteenth century: new lectures, entertainment and wonder, Sofia Talas
- Always among men: Laura Bassi at the Bologna Academy of Sciences (1732-78), Paula Findlen
- Giovanni Bianchi: a sensitive promoter of the world of the women, Miriam Focaccia
- The home laboratory of the couple Verratti-Bassi, Marta Cavazza
- Name index
- Acknowledgements / Credits