Hypatia
Hypatia (350 B.C.) Died: AD 415
Cause of Death: Flaying, Murder, Execution by burning
Hypatia was a scholar at the library in Alexandria in the 4th century CE. Her most valuable scientific legacy was her edited version of Euclid's The Elements, the most important Greek mathematical text, and one of the standard versions for centuries after her particularly horrific death: she was murdered by a Christian mob who stripped her naked, peeled away her flesh with broken pottery and ripped apart her limbs.And She suffered a cruel death. In the year 415 AD, as she was returning home, she was dragged from her arriage by a Christian mob. She was taken to a church called Caesareum, stripped naked, and had her flesh torn apart by oyster shells. They took her mangled body to a place.
Archimides
(287-212 B.C.)
Died: BC 212 Cause of Death: Assassination, Murder
Archimedes is universally acknowledged to be the greatest of ancient mathematicians. He studied at Euclid's school (probably after Euclid's death), but his work far surpassed the works of Euclid. His achievements are particularly impressive given the lack of good mathematical notation in his day. His proofs are noted not only for brilliance but for unequalled clarity, with a modern biographer (Heath) describing Archimedes' treatises as "without exception monuments of mathematical exposition. Archimedes made advances in number theory, algebra, and analysis, but is most renowned for his many theorems of plane and solid geometry. He was first to prove Heron's formula for the area of a triangle.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
(April 30, 1777 – Febuary 23, 1855)
Died: February 23, 1855
Cause of Death: Unspecified
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss is a german mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Although Gauss made many contributions to science and to the understanding of the nature of
Cause of Death: Flaying, Murder, Execution by burning
Hypatia was a scholar at the library in Alexandria in the 4th century CE. Her most valuable scientific legacy was her edited version of Euclid's The Elements, the most important Greek mathematical text, and one of the standard versions for centuries after her particularly horrific death: she was murdered by a Christian mob who stripped her naked, peeled away her flesh with broken pottery and ripped apart her limbs.And She suffered a cruel death. In the year 415 AD, as she was returning home, she was dragged from her arriage by a Christian mob. She was taken to a church called Caesareum, stripped naked, and had her flesh torn apart by oyster shells. They took her mangled body to a place.
Archimides
(287-212 B.C.)
Died: BC 212 Cause of Death: Assassination, Murder
Archimedes is universally acknowledged to be the greatest of ancient mathematicians. He studied at Euclid's school (probably after Euclid's death), but his work far surpassed the works of Euclid. His achievements are particularly impressive given the lack of good mathematical notation in his day. His proofs are noted not only for brilliance but for unequalled clarity, with a modern biographer (Heath) describing Archimedes' treatises as "without exception monuments of mathematical exposition. Archimedes made advances in number theory, algebra, and analysis, but is most renowned for his many theorems of plane and solid geometry. He was first to prove Heron's formula for the area of a triangle.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
(April 30, 1777 – Febuary 23, 1855)
Died: February 23, 1855
Cause of Death: Unspecified
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss is a german mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Although Gauss made many contributions to science and to the understanding of the nature of