Hypatia of Alexandria · Mathematics
Who Hypatia really was - head of the Neoplatonist school of Alexandria, teacher of pagans and Christians alike - and why a mathematician who left <em>no</em> surviving writings could still be one of the great figures in the history of science: her true work was the transmission of Greek mathematics itself.
You learned that Hypatia headed the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, taught Plato and Aristotle to pagan and Christian students, and left no surviving book - yet shaped mathematics through transmission : editing, correcting, and teaching the great texts. Explain why transmission was a real contribution, and correct t…
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