Laura Bassi's School of Experimental Physics

Laura Bassi's School of Experimental Physics

Laura Bassi portrait

Portrait of Laura Maria Caterina Bassi by Johann Jakob Haid

Students will be immersed in the state-of-the-art lab of Laura Bassi, an 18th century experimental physicist. They will learn about Bassi and perform simple experiments on subjects Bassi and other scientists were exploring at the time, including static electricity, surface tension, and light refraction. They will record their observations in lab notebooks and graduate from the “Laura Bassi Experimental Physics School” with diplomas.