Hipatia (about 370-4 15). Born in Egypt. He was a famous mathematician in ancient Greece. Known as the first female mathematician in the world. This clever woman ranks among the best scholars in the ancient world with her talent and contribution. And her tragic death is really an eternal tragedy. What savage and cruel religious fanatics have done to her.
Hipatia is the daughter of Theon, the last researcher in the Alexandria Museum. Theon is both Hipatia's father and her mentor. Hipatia did not teach in the Alexandria Museum, but gave lectures in her own home. Around 400 AD, Hipatia became the leader of Plato School in Alexandria, teaching mathematics and philosophy, and many famous Christians were among her students.
On the eve of persecution
In 4 12 AD, Cyril from Jerusalem became the Archbishop of Alexandria, a fanatical Christian. He systematically carried out the so-called anti-heresy and heresy plan in the whole city. Neo-Platonism is also an example of heresy, which is extremely unfavorable to Hipatia. However, Hipatia never showed weakness to Christianity, and refused to give up her philosophical thoughts, insisting on propagating science and advocating. But this is not a rational society. Those fanatical Christians don't expect to "convince" the mathematician and philosopher, but just want to pull out this eyesore one day. A planned and premeditated assassination is brewing.
Tragically died of atrocities.
One day in March of AD 4 15, as usual, Hipatia went to the museum to give a lecture in her beautiful carriage. Walking to the church next to the caesarean section forest, a group of thugs rushed over at once at Cyril's orders and stopped the carriage. They pulled her out of the carriage and quickly dragged her into the church. Hipatia realized that they were going to kill herself, but she was not afraid and shouted at their shameless behavior. The unscrupulous thugs stripped her naked and then cut her flesh with sharp clam meat until she was covered in blood and dying. The mob still didn't stop, cut off her hands and feet and threw her trembling limbs into the blazing fire. ...
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Although Hipatia has been dead for more than 500 years, her scientific spirit has inspired generations of students, especially some female mathematicians. There are signs that the number of contemporary female mathematics doctors is increasing. In the forty years since 1930s, only 7% of American mathematics doctors were women, and the figure was 7.3% between 1969- 1972. In 1972- 1974, it rose to 9. 1 1%, while in 1974- 1975, 1022, there were/. 1975, female first entered the National Academy of Sciences. She is Julia Robinson. She made a key contribution to solving Hilbert's tenth problem. 1976, the American Mathematical Monthly published an article "Mathematics and Gender", discussing the reasons why there are so few female mathematicians. The conclusions are as follows: ① Male and female students in primary and secondary schools have different degrees of love for mathematics; The attitude of teachers and parents does not encourage girls to learn mathematics; ③ Mathematics is still a sieve to crowd out women; ④ Among university mathematics professors, women only account for 1.6%. Hipatia's brilliant achievements in mathematics will still inspire love women's mathematics to reach its peak, and more and more female mathematicians will emerge.