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Egypt, 4th century AD: Inventor of the hydrometer and the plane astrolabe, astronomer, mathematician, and first woman to head Alexandria's Neoplatonic School, Ipazia (Hypatia) made a name for herself in the scientific world. If she were alive today, this scientist would be an international star. But not everyone approved of her free thinking.
Watch the story of Ipazia in Eni's new MINDS series, where we travel through time seeking scientists.