| Description |
231 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- A note on spelling conventions -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The historical context -- ch. 2. The intellectual background -- ch. 3. The religious background -- A. Christianity -- B. Neoplatonism -- C. The doctrine of the Trinity -- ch. 4. The sources -- ch. 5. The details of Hypatia's life -- ch. 6. Hypatia's work, attitudes and life-style -- ch. 7. Hypatia's death -- ch. 8. Hypatia's philosophy -- ch. 9. Hypatia's mathematics -- A. Background and sources -- B. Book III of the Almagest -- C. Books IV-XIII of the Almagest ;-- D. Apollonius' Conics -- E. The astronomical Canon -- F. The arithmetic of Diophantus -- G. The astrolabe -- H. The "hydroscope" -- I. Other work -- ch. 10. Evaluation -- Appendix A : Mathematical details -- A. Number representation and long division -- B. Conic sections -- C. Diophantine analysis -- D. Stereographic projection -- Appendix B : Pandrosion -- Appendix C : The legend of St. Catherine of Alexandria -- Appendix D : Translations of the primary sources -- A. The Suda, Hesychius, and Damascius -- B. Socrates Scholaticus -- C. John of Nikiu -- D. Synesius of Cyrene -- E. Miscellaneous -- Notes -- Annotated bibliography -- Index. |
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Hypatia, d. 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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Hypatia Alexandrina. |
| ISBN |
9781591025207 : $29.98 |
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1591025206 |
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