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	Hypatia of Alexandria
		Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher.
		Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment.
		"Hypatia: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher" by Nancy Nietupski in Alexandria 2.
	cosmopolis.com /people/hypatia.html (0 words)

	Hypatia
		However, while Hypatia was still under her father's discipline, he also developed for her a physical routine to ensure for her a healthy body as well as a highly functional mind.
		Hypatia was known more for the work she did in mathematics than in astronomy, primarily for her work on the ideas of conic sections introduced by Apollonius.
		Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/hypatia.htm (0 words)

	Skyscript: The Life and Work of Hypatia by Sue Toohey
		Hypatia of Alexandria, a mathematician, was dragged from her carriage and savagely murdered by a Christian mob in 415CE.
		The murder of Hypatia, a sixty-year-old woman, loved and praised by many for her beauty, wisdom and compassion for all, was not only an act of blind hatred, but also a criminal offence worthy of the harshest penalties being brought against the perpetrators of this heinous act.
		Hypatia was living at a time of tremendous change and her death marked the demise of the last phase of ancient science.
	www.skyscript.co.uk /hypatia.html (2501 words)

	Philosophers : Hypatia daugter of Theon
		Hypatia was the daughter of Theon, a teacher who was one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt.
		Hypatia was raised in an environment of thought by Theon who was himself a well known scholar and a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria.
		Hypatia is known primarily for her work on the ideas of conic sections introduced by Apollonius.
	www.trincoll.edu /depts/phil/philo/phils/hypatia.html (308 words)

	Hypatia - LoveToKnow 1911
		Shortly after the accession of Cyril to the patriarchate of Alexandria in 412, owing to her intimacy with Orestes, the pagan prefect of the city, Hypatia was barbarously murdered by the Nitrian monks and the fanatical Christian mob (March 415).
		Hypatia, according to Suidas, was the author of commentaries on the Arithmetica of Diophantus of Alexandria, on the Conics of Apollonius of Perga and on the astronomical canon (of Ptolemy).
		These works are lost; but their titles, combined with expressions in the letters of Synesius, who consulted her about the construction of an astrolabe and a hydroscope, indicate that she devoted herself specially to astronomy and mathematics.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hypatia (570 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria:
		Hypatia was the last of a great cast of pagan scientists who chose to examine the machinery of nature with systematic curiosity and reverent wonder.
		Hypatia believed that a child was like a piece of clay and should be given the opportunity to evolve in his or her own way without the encumberment of prejudice or fear.
		Hypatia was in the insuperable position of being a scientist, influential philosopher, and woman amidst the flooding currents of intolerance.
	members.cox.net /wtparks/Literary/HYPATIA2.htm (1847 words)

	Multicultural Resource Center: Hypatia
		Hypatia of Alexandria is the earliest woman scientist whose life is well documented; she was also the last scientist of the Golden Age of Pericles, before enlightenment gave way to the Dark Ages.
		Practical technology was Hypatia's main interest, which led to her invention of the pane astrolabe, used to measure the positions of the sun and stars and to calculate the ascendant sign of the zodiac.
		Hypatia never married, although she was courted by and kept company with many of Alexandria's movers and shakers.
	www.inventions.org /culture/female/hypatia.html (455 words)

	AWM Book Review: Hypatia of Alexandria
		Taken together with Maria Dzielska's new biographical treatment, Hypatia of Alexandria, published this fall by Harvard University Press, it is possible to construct a fairly complete picture of Hypatia: her life and times; her work as a teacher, mathematician, philosopher, and religious and political figure; and the circumstances of her violent death.
		In a journal entry written in response to a classroom discussion of Hypatia, one young woman preparing for a career in high school mathematics teaching wrote that she could not understand why Hypatia was so important, since she was 'only' a teacher and editor.
		Hypatia came to life in European literature during the 18th century, and the story of her death has been used over and over again, with extreme license, by critics of the Church to the present day.
	www.awm-math.org /bookreviews/MayJun96.html (1092 words)

	Hypatia
		Hypatia symbolized learning and science, which at that time in Western history were largely identified by the early Christians with paganism.
		After the accession of Cyril to the patriarchate of Alexandria in 412, Hypatia was barbarously murdered by the Nitrian monks and a fanatical mob of Cyril's Christian followers, supposedly because of her intimacy with Orestes, the city's pagan prefect.
		According to the Suda lexicon, Hypatia wrote commentaries on the Arithmetica of Diophantus of Alexandria, on the Conics of Apollonius of Perga, and on the astronomical canon of Ptolemy.
	hypatia.ucsd.edu /~kl/hypatia.html (0 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher.
		Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment.
		"Hypatia: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher" by Nancy Nietupski in Alexandria 2.
	www.cosmopolis.com /people/hypatia.html (222 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HYPATIA (370?-415 A.D.), Greek philosopher, born in Alexandria, daughter of the mathematician Theon (q.v.).
		Hypatia embodied in her life and teaching, the proud spirit, the beauty, the culture, and the sanity of Greece.
		Excerpt: "This frightful and sordid temper of the new Christendom is luridly exhibited in the murder of Hypatia of Alexandria in 415.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /history/hypatia.html (6594 words)

	Hypatia
		After Hypatia's birth she was immersed in an atmosphere of scholarship,questioning and investigation at the greatest seat of knowledge in the world, Alexandria.
		Hypatia was the single most brilliant mind of her time and none other would ascend to her level until the works of Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz many centuries later.
		At the height of her beauty, and the apex of her intellectual wisdom, having refused marriage in favor of educating her disciples, Hypatia was torn from her chariot by a hungry mob of screaming Christians.
	psychicinvestigator.com /demo/Hypati~1.htm (1150 words)

	NBI: Philosophers: Hypatia, School of Athens
		Hypatia of Alexandria, born circa 370 CE, is the first woman documented to have made a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy and to have done so openly, in her own name, as a woman.
		There she expounded upon the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle and lectured on mathematics, astronomy, mechanics, and philosophy, in particular teaching a variant of Neoplatonism which was distinguished from the mysticism of her predecessors by its greater scientific emphasis.
		Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both a female and a non-believer in an increasingly Christian environment.
	www.newbanner.com /AboutPic/athena/raphael/nbi_hypa.html (1544 words)

	Hypatia
		Regarded as the first woman astronomer, Hypatia was also an accomplished mathematician, an inventor, and a philosopher of Plato and Aristotle, She lived during the late 4th, early 5th centuries--a time of great change.
		Though Hypatia was a pagan, her philosophy was Transcendentalism, and she belonged to pure reason.
		The crater named for Hypatia's father, Theon Junion, is located northwest of the Hypatian features at 2.3°S, 15.8°E. It is a circular crater and prominent at 18.6km in diameter and 3,580 meters deep, from rim to bottom.
	www.womanastronomer.com /hypatia.htm (832 words)

	Hypatia, the Mathematician and Philosopher
		Hypatia is the most recent victim of the mob violence that has racked this city over the last 6 months.
		Hypatia did experience one instance of sexual harassment that we know of, and it is interesting how she handled it.
		Hypatia was unmarried and, like most Egyptian women, she was probably quite sexually liberated.
	www.hypatiamaze.org /hypatia/hypwho.html (1206 words)

	ABC Radio National - Ockham's Razor Transcript - 3 Aug 97
		One reason we know that Hypatia's philosophy gave a central place to mathematics is that her reliance on mathematics is the source of one of the few critical comments on her that have come down from antiquity.
		Hypatia was close to Orestes and there was a rumour that it was Hypatia's influence that prevented the Christian Orestes from accepting Cyril's spiritual direction and so becoming reconciled with his rival.
		So somewhat later, as Hypatia was returning home, she was set upon, torn from her carriage and dragged into a church, where she was stripped naked and battered to death with roofing tiles, "and while she was still feebly twitching they beat her eyes out".
	www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ockham/or030897.htm (2292 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria Biography \| World of Invention
		Hypatia probably studied mathematics and astronomy under the tutelage of her father, Theon of Alexandria (fl.
		A letter to Hypatia from Synesius, who later became a Christian and the bishop of Ptolomais, exists in which he asks her advice on the construction of the device.
		After Hypatia was killed, her works perished, along with many other records of ancient learning, when mobs burned the library, destroying the entire collection.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/hypatia-of-alexandria-woi (453 words)

	Remembering Hypatia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
		Her name was Hypatia, teacher and scientist of the fabled Great Library of Alexandria and the last glimmer of hope before the Dark Ages.
		As an insidious power-struggle erupts between church and state Hypatia finds herself at the forefront of battle, but she is not alone.
		Remembering Hypatia is a vivid retelling of a now-forgotten historical tragedy, when courage stood against fear, when the legacy of the wise vanished in the dark.
	www.rememberinghypatia.com (348 words)

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	Hypatia
		In the accompanying book, Hypatia is described as "a Roman scholar and philosopher who lived in Alexandria...she stressed the importance of goddesses and the feminine aspects of culture." The article details the pagan philosopher's death at the hands of a Christian mob.
		Hypatia tried to mediate in this conflict between the new Patriarch and the Prefect but she was perceived as partisan by the ecclesiastical set.
		Hypatia was a remarkable woman willingly engaging in the politics of the time, who ran afoul of others' personal ambition and criminal intent.
	pages.prodigy.net /fljustice/hypatia.html (2202 words)

	SJSU Virtual Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia also wrote an explanation of the geometry works of Apollonius of Perga, which was titled, On the Conics of Apollonius.
		In addition to her mathematical works, Hypatia also developed an apparatus for distilling water, an instrument for measuring the level of water, a plane astrolabe (for measuring the positions of the stars, planets, and sun) and a graduated brass hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of a liquid.
		Hypatia's philosophical beliefs were in conflict with the views of the Christian rulers of the city of Alexandria.
	www.sjsu.edu /depts/Museum/hyp.html (261 words)

	Hypatia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her wisdom was such that Hypatia soon gained the fame that the ancient Greeks would give to anyone who excelled in his field of endeavor: man or woman, mother or warrior.
		Unfortunately, Hypatia's friendship with her student, Orestes, the prefect of the city -- who was a fervent admirer of Greek "pagan" philosophy -- gave rise to feelings of suspicion and resentment by the fanatical segment of the Christian population.
		Such was to be the fate of the beautiful Hypatia who had never married because she had early on decided to devote her entire life to philosophy.
	www.grecoreport.com /hypatia.htm (1055 words)

	Hypatia Sans Pro, an Adobe Originals typeface
		Hypatia Sans Pro was conceived in the fall of 2002, when Adobe's Thomas Phinney (now product manager for fonts and global typography) noted that the Adobe Originals collection did not include a geometric sans serif.
		Although initially conceived as a display design for use at 18-36 points, Hypatia Sans is legible enough for short blocks of text as small as 10-12 point.
		Although many of Hypatia's typographic features are found in stylistic sets, Hypatia Sans also has discretionary and historical ligatures that provide a variety of joining capitals (just a few shown below) and several archaic ligatures not usually found in sans serif typefaces.
	www.adobe.com /type/browser/landing/hypatia/hypatia.html (763 words)

	APOD: 2002 January 13 - Hypatia of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia became one of the world's leading scholars in mathematics and astronomy.
		Hypatia's legendary knowledge, modesty, and public speaking ability flourished during the era of the
		Hypatia is credited with contributions to geometry and astrometry, and she is thought instrumental in the development of the sky-measuring astrolabe.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap020113.html (111 words)

	Did St. Cyril kill Hypatia
		The story he is advancing is that Hypatia was young and beautiful woman, a magnet of the people and that Cyril had her murdered out of jealousy.
		Hypatia was not a young woman at the time, she was old.
		Hypatia was a friend of Orestes, the Prefect (Governor) of Egypt and Orestes was very fond of Hypatia who influenced him towards a neo-pagan set of beliefs.
	www.davidmacd.com /catholic/cyril_hypatia.htm (691 words)

	Hypatia
		There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time.
		John Toland's essay published 1720 was called "Hypatia or the History of a most beautiful, most virtuous, most learned and in every way accomplished lady, who was torn to pieces by the clergy of Alexandria to gratify the pride, emulation and cruelty of the archbishop commonly but undeservedly titled St Cyril".
		Hypatia app encouraged her students to be conscientious about form in speech and writing.
	www.lamp.ac.uk /noy/roman21.htm (1003 words)

	Hypatia resources at Erratic Impact's Feminism Web
		Hypatia, a woman, was destined to stand at the center of this time of political power struggle.
		Hypatia was born in the later part of the Roman Empire, an era when women were not free to pursue careers.
		Hypatia was the daughter of Theon, who was considered one of the most educated men of his time in Alexandria, Egypt.
	www.erraticimpact.com /~feminism/html/women_hypatia.htm (555 words)

	Hypatia - A Victim of Bigotry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia was a remarkable woman with great intelligence, physical stamina and beauty.
		Hypatia herself says, "Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.
		Hypatia was a pagan in a Christian society.
	www.atheistfoundation.org.au /hypatia.htm (529 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria - Associated Content
		Hypatia of Alexandria was born in the year 370.
		Hypatia roused the ire of Cyril, the Christian patriarch of Alexandria from 412.
		Cyril’s problem with Hypatia seemed to stem from the fact that she was a woman who did not know her true place.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/16754/hypatia_of_alexandria.html (607 words)

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