Hypatia: "The school of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio"

Quote: "Defend your right to think, because even thinking in a wrong way is better than not thinking"

Place of birth: Alexandria, Egypt

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Hypatia is considered the most famous scientist in the ancient world.

Her father, Theon (philosopher and mathematician), took care of her education to make her "the perfect human being".

Her house became one of the most famous cultural centers at that time and her thoughts were based on the freedom of thinking.

Her life was short because she was brutally killed by the order of Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria, who considered her a heretical.

-Historical digression: at that time the Roman empire was shifting to Christianity, and as result, there was a huge wave of violence against pagans-.

After her death, most of her knowledge and discoveries were lost and stolen by the ecclesiastical institutions.

One of her inventions was the ASTROLABE, used for reckoning time and for calculating the position of the Sun, stars, and planets