Of Numbers and Stars by D. Anne Love

Hypatia was an extraordinary woman of learning.
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Resource: picture book
Time: 400s
Place: Egypt

Summary:
Hypatia was an unusual girl.  In a time and place when women had very few rights Hypatia flourished in learning.  She was taken under the wing of her father, Theon, and learned all kinds of things from fishing and driving a chariot to philosophy, astronomy, natural science and most importunately mathematics. She became a teacher and a scholar.  The author does a good job describing Hypatia's life. There is an author's note on the death of Hypatia and more on math as well as a bibliography. This book is illustrated by Pam Paparone

Potentially Objectionable Content:
none

Reading Level: grade 3 - 5
Lexile Measure: 1030L
Guided Reading Level: not available


Format Links
Book

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