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    Hypatia was born c. 355 ce and died on March 415 in Alexandria, and she was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was described as the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria and a charismatic teacher in the history. There is no doubt that Hypatia was creative and intelligent, but the things she created was called magic lately and was defined as a Satanic wiles which she used to beguile people by the seventh-century Egyptian Coptic bishop, John of Nikiû, and at the same time she was identified as a pagan who publicly talked about a non-Christian philosophy by the head of the church of Alexandria Cyril “After a few years, a mob of Christian zealots led by Peter the Lector accosted a Hypatia’s carriage and dragged her from it and…

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    Hypatia of Alexandria Tristiana Johnson Late Antiquity Professor Teeter March 13, 2015 Hypatia was born in the 4th century, somewhere around 350AD 1 in the then Greek state of Egypt (Williams, 1997). She was the daughter of Theon Alexandricus, a respected Philosopher in his right. Though she is often credited with being the first female mathematician, she is in fact the third. She is however, the first female mathematical that we have detailed and documented information about.…

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    Described as a beautiful and well proportioned woman, Hypatia was a woman able to make a profound difference in the mathematics and science of the present day. Hypatia is believed to be the most notable and prominent women in mathematics until Marie Curie. The exact birth year of Hypatia is highly debated, but the most common theory is that she was born in 370 A.D.her father was Theon of Alexandria. Theon was a professor at the university of Alexandria. Very little is known of Hypatia's mother.…

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    Hypatia is the first female mathematician whose life was well recorded. She was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. Hypatia was born about 350 to 370 AD in Alexandria, Egypt. She was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria who was a mathematician and philosopher. Her father guided and instructed her in mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. He trained her in the art of rhetoric, made her read classical literature and made her exercise which included he running,…

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    Hypatia was born in Alexandria, Egypt at the fourth century around 350 – 370 AD. Her father was Theon of Alexandria, a great philosopher and mathematician. He was the last attested member of the Alexandrian museum. Hypatia was raised by her father in an educated environment in an era that was not usual for women to learn and be educated. She was an intellectual teacher, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and inventor Although Hypatia’s works did not stay preserved until now, we know a…

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    Life Hypatia was a famous mathematician in ancient greek. She was also a philosopher and an astronomer in Egypt, then played a part in the Byzantine Empire. In the school of Neoplatonic in Alexandria she was the smartest. She was the only daughter of Theon of Alexandria, who was also a famous mathematician. She was tutored by her father in Athens around the year 400. She was murdered by a mob of Christians, they were also referred to Parabolani after being accused of exacerbating a conflict…

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    Hypatia was the earliest female mathematician. She was born 350 CE and died 415 CE. This makes her about 65 years of age. She was the daughter of Theon. He was a mathematician and an astronomer. Theon is most known for his preservation of Euclid’s Elements. Additionally, he is known for his writing and comments on Ptolemy’s books, Almagest and Handy Tables. Theon influenced Hypatia greatly; she continued his program. This program was to preserve mathematical and astronomical Greek heritage in…

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    person who changed the way we as humans viewed geometry, astronomy, and arithmetic is Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia of Alexandria (as said by the researchers of www.ancient.eu) was born between c.350 and c.370 in Alexandria, Egypt. Little is known about Hypatia’s childhood, but…

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    Research shows that Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the first women to make substantial contribution to the development of mathematics. She lived in the great center of ancient learning; Alexandria, Egypt, in the 4th century A.D. While it t is assumed that she studied mathematics under her father, Thon of Alexandria; it is known that she was the head of the Platonist school in Alexandria around 400 A.D. Hypatia contributed in many ways to math; it is said that she edited the work on “The Conics…

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    Women in Philosophy: Hypatia of Alexandria The integral of employed philosophers who are women are an unfortunate 21% in the United States. This statistics was in 2008, a recent numeric data. If this is a current understanding in where women stand in certain careers, this regarding philosophy there is no incredulity that decades and centuries ago women philosophers were scarce. Hypatia of Alexandria was the first woman registered to be a philosopher. She was also recognized as the primary…

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