Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor / [electronic resource] :
by Monique Frize.
- XIX, 196 p. 17 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.
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.
Physics. Science--History. Mathematics. Physics. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. History of Science. Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.