Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711-1778)
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- Name (English)
- Laura Maria Caterina Bassi
- Short name
- Laura Bassi
- Year of birth
- 1711
- Year of death
- 1778
- Short Description
- "Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (October 1711 – 20 February 1778) was an Italian physicist and academic. She received a doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Bologna in May 1732. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university. She is recognized as the first woman in the world to be appointed a university chair in a scientific field of studies. Bassi contributed immensely to the field of science while also helping to spread the study of Newtonian mechanics through Italy." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
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