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Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (born 1711)

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Laura Bassi

Italian physicist and academic (1711–1778)

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti was an Italian physicist and academic. Recognized and depicted as "Minerva", she was the first woman to have a doctorate in science, and the second woman in the world to earn the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Working at the University of…
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February 20

Day of the year

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year.
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