12 Citations
Obstacles encountered by four major European astronomical observatories belonging to academies in the 18th century
- PhysicsJournal for the History of Astronomy
- 2021
It is known that, in the first half of the 18th century, the conditions for astronomy at the Imperial Observatory of St-Petersburg, directed by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, were comparable to those…
Networks, Patronage and Women of Science during the Italian Enlightenment
- HistoryEarly Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
- 2016
The reputation of the physicist Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711–78) and the mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–99) as serious scientists was acknowledged by contemporary natural philosophers…
A Complete Bibliography of Publications in Isis, 1960{1969
- Philosophy
- 2014
Aborigenes [78]. according [155]. Action [39, 72]. actuelle [87]. actuelles [107, 84]. Acvaghosa [8]. Aegypten [30]. Aether [126]. Agnes [42]. al [11]. Albert [45]. alcune [51]. Algerien [30]. alla…
An Extraordinary Event in 1732
- History
- 2013
It was April 17, 1732 and a very special day in the Papal City State of Bologna. The event attracted an enormous crowd gathered in the Sala degli Anziani of the Palazzo Pubblico, the residence of the…
Laura Bassi: Her Education and Her Marriage
- Education
- 2013
The chapter presents Laura Maria Caterina Bassi as a young girl receiving a solid education in languages, philosophy, logic, metaphysics, and science. We follow Laura as she becomes a most erudite…
Scientific Works by Laura Bassi and Giuseppe Veratti
- History
- 2013
In this chapter, we examine the scientific work of Laura Bassi and of her husband. We examine the type of work they did independently from each other and the work they did in collaboration. In the…
The Slow Start of Laura’s Scientific Career and the Bolognese Community’s Response to her Work
- Education
- 2013
This chapter explains how eighteenth century society viewed the role and intellectual work of ‘exceptional women’. This view restricted Laura to the world of literature in spite of her overwhelming…
Women and Mathematics in the Time of Euler
- Art
- 2013
Summary We explore mathematics written both by and for women in eighteenth-century Europe, and some of the interesting personalities involved: Maria Agnesi, Emilie du Châtelet, Laura Bassi, Princess…
Minerva e Pigmalione. Carriere femminili nell'Italia del Settecento
- Art
- 1997
(1997). Minerva e Pigmalione. Carriere femminili nell'Italia del Settecento. The Italianist: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 5-17.