| Description |
231 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index. |
| Contents |
The historical context -- The intellectual background -- The religious background. Christianity ; Neoplatonism ; The doctrine of the Trinity -- The sources -- The details of Hypatia's life -- Hypatia's work, attitudes and life-style -- Hypatia's death -- Hypatia's philosophy -- Hypatia's mathematics. Background and sources ; Book III of the Almagest ; Books IV-XIII of the Almagest ; Apollonius' Conics ; The astronomical Canon ; The arithmetic of Diophantus ; The astrolabe ; The "hydroscope" ; Other work -- Evaluation -- Appendix A. Mathematical details. Number representation and long division ; Conic sections ; Diophantine analysis ; Stereographic projection -- Appendix B. Pandrosion -- Appendix C. The legend of St Catherine of Alexandria -- Appendix D. Translations of the primary sources. The Suda, Hesychius, and Damascius ; Socrates scholaticus ; John of Nikiu ; Synesius of Cyrene ; Miscellaneous. |
| Subject |
Hypatia, -415.
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Mathematicians -- Egypt -- Biography.
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Women mathematicians -- Egypt -- Biography.
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Philosophers -- Egypt -- Biography.
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Women philosophers -- Egypt -- Biography.
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Alexandrian school.
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| ISBN |
1591025206 (alk. paper) |
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9781591025207 (alk. paper) |
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