Hypatia was the daughter of Theon , who was her teacher and the last fellow of the Musaeum ofAlexandria....HypatiaofAlexandria: Mathematician and Martyr The first biography ofHypatia to integrate all aspects of...
Buy this book with Remembering Hypatia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by...HypatiaofAlexandria was the world's greatest living mathematician and astronomer....and religious context ofHypatia's times.
and her judgment was so respected that the city magistrates ofAlexandria consulted her on important cases....Moreover, Orestes, the Prefect ofAlexandria, respected Hypatia, and was a constant attendant at...
Cyril was made the Christian bishop ofAlexandria, and a conflict arose between Cyril and the prefect Orestes....This Christian writer spoke with approval of the murder ofHypatia because "she was devoted at all times...
For HypatiaofAlexandria was indeed, at the time she was killed by Christian fanatics, ...we might describe as "The University ofAlexandria". (It is, to be technical...Her father was Theon ofAlexandria, also a mathematician, best remembered today as the source...
of women in science, Hypatia's Heritage , upon several sources: the formulation and manufacture of cosmetics...HypatiaofAlexandria, born AD 370 when the city was in turmoil as the Roman Empire was converting...