
Hypatia Of Alexandria, Mathematician #2

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Hypatia Of Alexandria, Mathematician #2
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The Philosophers of Alexandria painted by Masolino da Panicale. Hypatia (355/370 - 415 AD) was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria who was a teacher of mathematics with the Museum of Alexandria in Egypt. Hypatia invented the plane astrolabe, the graduated brass hydrometer, and the hydroscope. She was murdered by a Christian mob that accused her of causing religious turmoil.
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