Laura Bassi was born in Bologna, Italy on 29 October 1711. On this day in 1732, she defended 49 thesis' to secure her PhD. Bassi established herself as a household name across Italy as a result of her ...

Google takes many opportunities to celebrate trailblazers with its homepage doodles. On Saturday, the search engine featured Laura Maria Catarina Bassi, an Italian physicist and professor who was a ...

Saturday’s Google Doodle honors physicist Laura Bassi, the first woman to earn a doctorate in science. Bassi spent much of her 46-year career exploring the physics of electricity and popularizing ...

Laura Bassi was born in 1711 in Bologna, Papal States — the region known today as Italy — to a wealthy family. Due in part to her father’s financial standing, Bassi was privately educated from ages 5 ...

TODAY’S Google Doodle celebrates the life and achievements of Laura Bassi. The Italian physicist was one of the first women in Europe to receive a PhD. Please ...

Laura Bassi was born in Bologna, Italy on 29 October 1711. On this day in 1732, she defended 49 thesis' to secure her PhD. Bassi established herself as a household name across Italy as a result of her ...