Labels:lodestone | reckoner | sky OCR: AD 370 Hypatia is born in Alexandria, Egypt, the center of learning in the Western world at this time. She is the daughter ofa mathematician named Theon of Alexandria. Encou raged by her father, she studies mathema tics and astron omy at the Academy in Alexandria She becomes teacher there after traveling to Athens Greece and Italy, where scholars are impressed by her intellect AD 400 Becomes director of the Academy, aged only 30 Writes commentaries on many of the existing works on mathematics Some ofher work is known through her corres pondence with her teacher, Synesius of Cyrene She develops hydt rometer (an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids) and an astrolabe (an instrument for 11st in astronomy and navigation) Although her intellect wins admiration her adherence m ...
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