Laura Maria Caterina Bassi
1711-1778
Italian physicist who was not only the first woman to graduate from the University of Bologna, but received an official post at the university. Laura Bassi was bor...
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Italian physicist Laura Bassi (1711-1778) was the first woman to become a physics professor at a European university. Though Bassi did not publish much of her work, she continued to conduct experiment...
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