Google Doodle honors Italian physicist Laura Bassi
April 17, 2021
Google is replacing their homepage logo with a Doodle honoring Italian physicist Laura Bassi, the first woman to obtain a doctorate in science.
Life of Laura Bassi
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 to 20 in subjects ranging…