One day in Bologna in 1752 (Arte)

In 1752, in Bologna, thunderstorms terrify the population. With its large number of towers, the city is a real magnet for lightning, which triggers terrible deadly fires. Driven by the desire to protect her city, the physicist Laura Bassi immerses herself in the study of electricity…

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Born in Bologna in 1711, she was the second woman to obtain a diploma after the Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1678), and the first in the world to become a university professor. Laura Bassi was only 21 years old when she became the holder of a doctorate in universal philosophy, that is to say experimental physics, and was appointed professor at the University of Bologna. Her remarkable work on electrical phenomena impressed the great minds of her time. The young woman corresponded with the physicist Alexander Volta (which gave its name to the electromotive unit), as well as with Voltaireamong others. Perfecting the work of Benjamin Franklin on lightning, she has notably worked a lot on the principles of the lightning rod.

One day in Bologna in 1752, Saturday September 7 at 11:20 p.m. on Arte

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