Hypatia (355 - 415)
born between AD 350 and 370; died March 415, was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Christian mob who falsely blamed her for religious turmoil. Some suggest that her murder marked the end of what is traditionally known as Classical antiquity, although others such as Christian Wildberg observe that Hellenistic philosophy continued to flourish until the age of Justinian in the sixth century.
A Neoplatonist philosopher, she belonged to the mathematical tradition of the Academy of Athens represented by Eudoxus of Cnidus;[11] she followed the school of the 3rd century thinker Plotinus, discouraging empirical enquiry and encouraging logical and mathematical studies.
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Books
Super Women in Science (The Women's Hall of Fame Series)
. Kelly Di Domenico. The Women's Hall of Fame Series. Second Story Press. 2002.
Flow down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria, a Novel (Volume 1)
Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity , No 8)
Websites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hypatia.htm
http://members.cox.net/jhaldenwang/Hypatia.htm
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