speljamr reviewed Hypatia of Alexandria by Michael Deakin
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4 stars
This is a rather scholarly work, so if you're looking for some sort of detailed history of Hypatia, this isn't it. In fact, there is far too little evidence left to produce such a work. Instead, this book attempts to reconstruct the conditions of the time period she is thought to have lived and what we know of her work in mathematics and philosophy.
I was hoping for more historical information regarding the circumstances of her murder at the hands of the early christian church, but again, there is only a limited amount of evidence to paint a more detailed view.
Overall, if you are not put of by more scholarly writing this is a good book to understand a little bit about who Hypatia was, and the affect she had on the culture and conditions in which she lived.
This is a rather scholarly work, so if you're looking for some sort of detailed history of Hypatia, this isn't it. In fact, there is far too little evidence left to produce such a work. Instead, this book attempts to reconstruct the conditions of the time period she is thought to have lived and what we know of her work in mathematics and philosophy.
I was hoping for more historical information regarding the circumstances of her murder at the hands of the early christian church, but again, there is only a limited amount of evidence to paint a more detailed view.
Overall, if you are not put of by more scholarly writing this is a good book to understand a little bit about who Hypatia was, and the affect she had on the culture and conditions in which she lived.