by Pedro Gálvez · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499080758
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«Hypatia» is the historical novel by Pedro Gálvez, published by Debolsillo in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Daughter of the mathematician and astronomer Theon, Hypatia stood out as a teacher of philosophy, mathematics and astronomy in fourth-century Alexandria. The novel recreates her figure and the clash between classical knowledge and Christianity, which culminated in the destruction of the museum and library and in her death in the year 415.
This 2009 edition belongs to the Best Seller collection; the work was originally published in 2004.
For readers of historical fiction and biographies of late antiquity, interested in the role of women in science.
