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Michael Deakin
Books by Michael Deakin
Hypatia of Alexandria
Mathematician and Martyr
In the late fourth and early fifth centuries of our era, Hypatia of Alexandria was the world''s greatest living mathematician and astronomer. A strikingly beautiful woman and a devoted celibate, she lived in a city as turbulent and troubled as Baghdad or Beirut is today. She achieved fame not onl...