SunLive Competition

Hypatia, history’s first recorded female mathematician-philosopher, lived in Alexandria during the 4th century in the waning days of the Roman Empire.

The daughter of the last director of the famed Library of Alexandria, she was known foremost as a brilliant theorist in astronomy, but 5th century texts also speak of her forthright participation in public life and her ‘extraordinary dignity and virtue’.
“As she studies the mysteries of the universe, the paganism of its Roman rulers is being aggressively challenged by the recently legitimised Christians. Director Alejandro Amenabar’s extravagantly mounted account of Hypatia’s struggle stars Rachel Weisz and a cast of thousands. All hail the first historical epic to swirl around a heroine whose great virtue is her charismatic rationalism.” – New Zealand International Film Festival 2010.

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Competition Results

Lyn Oakley
Mount Maunganui

Erin Bennett
Tauranga