Hypatia | Death, Facts, & Biography | Britannica
WEBHypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
Hypatia - Wikipedia
WEBHypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5]
We are math educators - Hypatia
WEBWe are math educators. Hypatia is driven by the mission to make math accessible to everyone. Math is a building block of literacy in the modern world, yet many resources available to teachers are not much more advanced than the slate tablet.
Hypatia’s Contribution in Mathematics - StudiousGuy
WEBHypatia wrote a commentary on Diophantus’s Arithmetica that contained 100 mathematical problems solved using algebra. It was believed that only volumes I-VI of Arithmetica had survived and the rest are lost, but it is later found that four additional volumes were preserved in Arabic translation.
Hypatia, Ancient Alexandria’s Great Female Scholar
WEBMar 14, 2010 · Hypatia was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria and one of the first women to study and teach mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Though she is remembered more for her...
Hypatia the Mathematician
WEBHypatia is the first woman mathematician about whom we have either biographical knowledge or knowledge of her mathematics. Hypatia developed commentaries on older works, probably including those by Ptolemy, Diophantus, and Apollonius, in order to make them easier to understand.
Hypatia (370 - 415) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
WEBHypatia of Alexandria was the first woman to make a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics. Hypatia was the daughter of the mathematician and philosopher Theon of Alexandria and it is fairly certain that she studied mathematics under the guidance and instruction of her father.
Hypatia of Alexandria - World History Encyclopedia
WEBSep 2, 2009 · Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370 - March 415) was a female philosopher and mathematician, born in Alexandria, Egypt possibly in 370 (although some scholars cite her birth as c. 350).
Hypatia - National Geographic Kids
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · Born around 350 A.D. in Alexandria, Egypt, to a famous mathematician and philosopher, Hypatia had more freedom than many girls and women because of her respected father. Most women didn’t study...
Hypatia - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists
WEBHypatia was one of the most eminent mathematicians and astronomers of late antiquity. Scholars traveled from around the classical world to learn mathematics and astronomy at her school. Her brutal killing at the hands of a frenzied mob of Christian fanatics shocked the Greco-Roman world. Hypatia’s murder was a historical milestone.