HYPATIA
By Desen Kirli, Tinia Tappa, Anthoulla
Ioakim, Elena Michael
HER LIFE
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Hypatia of Alexandria
was born between 350
and 370 AD. She was a
Greek philosopher, the
first notable woman in
mathematics, and also
taught in the fields of
astronomy and astrology.
She lived in Alexandria in
Roman Egypt in the Fifth
Century.
HER EDUCATION
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student, Synesius wrote her letters
which gave an idea of her intelligence.
She was of the Platonic school, although
her loyalty was to the writings of
Plotinus, the 3rd century follower of
Plato and principal of the Platonic
school.
HER CAREER
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Later sources say
that several works of
Hypatia, are
commentaries on
Diophantus's
Arithmetic, on
Apollonius's Conics,
and on Ptolemy's
works, but none have
survived.
 Her
offerings to
science are
supposed to
include the
invention of the
astrolabe and the
hydrometer.
Astrolabe
ASTROLABE
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The astrolabe is a very
ancient astronomical
computer for solving
problems relating to time
and the position of the Sun
and stars in the sky.
Several types of
astrolabes have been made.
By far the most popular
type is the planispheric
astrolabe, on which the
celestial sphere is
projected onto the plane of
the equator.
HER DEATH
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She was murdered tragically in
415 AD. Her murder was never
found.
The murder of the noble Hypatia
was the death of philosophy in
Alexandria and of the growing
recognition of women's dignity.
Her murder by Christian monks
shows that women couldn't have
chance to be scientists again in
the new religion.
Her death is seen as the end of
classical learning and free inquiry
and the beginning of a dogmatic
and often brutal new world order.
Conclusion
As a conclusion, Hypatia was a teacher
who had a vast knowledge on a wide
range of topics including mathematics,
philosophy, and astronomy.