Emmy Noether was born into a family of mathematicians and was fascinated by science from an early age. Despite everything, she became a scientist and achieved unprecedented heights in her profession. She was not troubled by the prejudices and discrimination she faced throughout her life, being a woman and a Jew—her passion for science overshadowed everything else. When Albert Einstein came to Göttingen University, it was Emmy Noether who introduced him to the world of abstract algebra, without which the famous theory of relativity would have been impossible. In her theorem, she elegantly proved the fundamental connection between symmetry and the law of conservation. This book is a tribute to Noether's resilience and genius, which continue to inspire women in science a century later.
“Emmy Noether devoted her life to the study of pure mathematics, although she had to face a series of harsh injustices arising solely for one reason—she was a woman. She wanted to study mathematics at university, but women were not allowed to enroll. She went to work at the university at the invitation of the greatest mathematician in the world—but she did not receive a position or any pay. She became one of the first victims of the Nazi purges of university staff, as she was both a woman and a Jew. If a century later we could somehow discern Noether's voice, we would not hear lamentations. Instead, we would hear the loud laughter that her compatriots often described” (Lee Phillips).
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