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| ==== Silicon Valley ==== | ==== Silicon Valley ==== | ||
| Silicon Valley is strongly associated with Stanford University. The distance from Stanford University to Google' | Silicon Valley is strongly associated with Stanford University. The distance from Stanford University to Google' | ||
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| + | ===== Oldest University ===== | ||
| + | The oldest university in the world in continuous operation is the University of Bologna, founded in the Holy Roman Empire in 1088. This is also the place where the first woman earned a degree and taught at a university. Notable alumni from the University of Bologna include Umberto Eco, Paracelsus (the initiator of toxicology), | ||
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| + | ==== University of Oxford ==== | ||
| + | The University of Oxford is the second oldest University in the world, founded around 1096. It's one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world; its alumni include 55 Noble Prize laureates, 28 British prime ministers, and over 30 international political leaders (including Bill Clinton). Many well-known scientists and inventors were connected to Oxford, including Stephen Hawking, Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the World Wide Web), Dorothy Hodgkin, Roger Penrose, Stephen Wolfram, Richard Dawkins, Edwin Hubble, and more [([[https:// | ||
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