a response to Maria Dzielska's Hypatia of Alexandria", which had focused on the historical and literary legacy of Hypatia at the expense of her mathematics, and which Deakin had previously reviewed for the American Mathematical Monthly. In his book, Deakin organizes the work of other scholars on Hypatia's mathematics, particularly relying on the earlier work of Wilbur Knorr, rather than formulating new theories on this aspect of Hypatia's work. He argues that, unlike some other neoplatonists of her time, Hypatia was not opposed to Christianity, and that the Christian mob that killed her likely misunderstood her philosophical position. However, his book has been criticized for treating Hypatia more as an idealized icon, or a caricature of a female mathematician, than as a realistic person of her times. See also Wine/water paradox References External links Function magazine 1939 births 2014 deaths Australian mathematicians Mathematics educators University of Melbourne alumni Alumni of the University of Exeter Monash University faculty Biographers of Hypatia