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As part of my 2022 run, I'm going to take a few new steps to keep my account 100% about ratings, but with some little educational bits and bobs alongside. I thought, if I'm researching this myself for enjoyment and work, I may as well share it with anyone that could potentially be interested! I think it's great to learn about the familiar and not-so-familiar faces of history and show how they've helped shape the world, or certain aspects of it, to the way it is.  Next in our little exploration is Hypatia of Alexandria. Also, please be prepared for vivid brutality, and some serious themes being mentioned. Hypatia, (born c. 355 CE—died March 415, Alexandria), was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists. Hypatia continued in her father's footsteps, himself being a mathematician. She is credited with commentari...

As part of my 2022 run, I'm going to take a few new steps to keep my account 100% about ratings, but with some little educational bits and bobs alongside. I thought, if I'm researching this myself for enjoyment and work, I may as well share it with anyone that could potentially be interested! I think it's great to learn about the familiar and not-so-familiar faces of history and show how they've helped shape the world, or certain aspects of it, to the way it is.  First of all, I introduce you to the workings of Maria Sibylla Merian. Let's give her a little rundown. Merian is known for being a Scientific Illustrator & Entomologist born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt in 1647. Merian was fascinated by bugs in a time where most saw them with disgust. She looked at them with intrigue and she began collecting them at a young age, but her deepest fascination lied with butterflies. This lead to the publication of her first book on the metamorphosis of Caterpilla...