Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Coptic Christian mob who blamed her for religious turmoil. She has been hailed as a “valiant defender of science against religion”, and some suggest that her murder marked the end of the Hellenistic Age.
Archive for women in astronomy
31 Days of Notable Women-Dr. Judith L. Pipher-astronomer
Dr. Judith L. Pipher, an infrared astronomer and Seneca Falls resident, has a career that people at the first women’s rights convention, held in Seneca Falls in 1848, could not even imagine. Her work as an astrophysicist at two acclaimed universities, Cornell University and the University of Rochester, is a significant first among women’s achievements.
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