Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor (Paperback, 2013)

An Extraordinary Event in 1732.- "Querelle des femmes" and Debates on the "Woman Question".- Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century.- Laura Bassi: Her Education and Her Marriage.- The Slow Start of Laura Bassi's Scientific Career and the Bolognese Community's Response to her Work.- A Transition from the "Old" to the New Science.- Scientific Works by Laura Bassi and Giuseppe Veratti.- Laura Bassi and her Networks (1732-1745).- Correspondence with Men in Science and Medicine (1746-1778).- Famous Women in Science in Laura Bassi's Epoch.- After Laura Bassi: Women in Science and Health careers in Nineteenth Century Italy.