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Books About Hypatia

A brief bibliography for the study of Hypatia of Alexandria

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide

• Dzielska, Maria. Hypatia of Alexandria. 1995.

• Amore, Khan. Hypatia. 2001. (a novel)

• Knorr, Wilbur Richard. Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry. 1989.

• Nietupski, Nancy. "Hypatia: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher." Alexandria 2.

• Kramer, Edna E. "Hypatia." The Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Gillispie, Charles C. ed. 1970-1990.

• Mueller, Ian. "Hypatia (370?-415)." Women of Mathematics. Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, ed. 1987.

• Alic, Margaret. Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century. 1986.

Hypatia appears as a character or theme in several works of other writers, including:

Hypatia, or New Foes with Old Faces, historical novel by Charles Kingley

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