Einstein's Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics

by Lee Phillips

A revelatory story of the woman who made foundational contributions to science and mathematics and persevered in the face of discrimination.

Emmy Noether's mathematical genius enabled Einstein to bring his General Theory of Relativity-the basis of our current theory of gravity-to fruition. On a larger scale, what came to be known as "Noether's Theorem"--called by a Nobel laureate "the single most profound result in all of physics"--supplied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541702956
• ISBN13: 9781541702950
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"