Ancient Scientists – Chapter 2: Hypatia

Science and religion share a complex history in a mutually independent relationship that has had its phases of appreciation and harmony as well as division and conflict. Among the diverse personalities of the ancient world, it is Hypatia, a female Greek philosopher, whose life most personifies the strained dynamics of these two institutions. Hypatia, born […]

Ancient Scientists – Chapter 1: Eratosthenes

Science is a progressive endeavor. Our present knowledge of the world is founded on the speculations and introspections of our ancestors in a time when science was not just a field of study but an integral philosophy of life. As far as the ancients were led to believe, humanity was a mote of dust in […]