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Scientists honour Laura Bassi, first woman doctorate in science
Original: Happy birthday to the first woman to earn a doctorate in science, physicist and professor Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Ver
Anniversary tributes are marking the birthday of Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti, the 18th-century Italian physicist remembered as the first woman to earn a doctorate in science. Born in 1711 and working at the University of Bologna, Bassi became a professor of physics and championed Newtonian science in public lectures and experiments with contemporary instrumentation of her day.
Why now: The date marks the anniversary of her birth, prompting scientists to celebrate her pioneering place in physics history.
Laura Bassi VerattiUniversity of Bologna
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- Happy birthday to the first woman to earn a doctorate in science, physicist and professor Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti (née, & known throughout her life as Bassi, 1711-1778). I’ve shown her surrounded by the sort of state-of-the-art instrumentation she would have used in… · minouette@spore.social · 180
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