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| − | '''Amalie Noether''' (1882-1935) was a German mathematician who contributed to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. [[Albert Einstein]] described her as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. A direct consequence of Noether's first theorem are certain important laws of conservation derived from the [[symmetry|symmetries]].<ref name="WhomadeGod">{{cite book | + | '''Amalie Noether''' (1882-1935) was a German mathematician who contributed to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. [[Albert Einstein]] described her as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.<ref name="WhomadeGod"/> She herself however wrote in 1915 that she was in a team performing difficult computations for Einstein, and that ''"none of us understands what they are good for"''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Subtle is the Lord: The science and life of Alert Einstein |author=Pais A. |publisher=Oxford Univeristy Press |place=New York|year=1982 |page=276 |isbn=978-0192806727|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=KdaiZDaB7TgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pais+Einstein&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=0GhnUrOAPIHH0QWcuIH4Cg&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Goettingent&f=false}}</ref> A direct consequence of Noether's first theorem are certain important laws of conservation derived from the [[symmetry|symmetries]].<ref name="WhomadeGod">{{cite book |
| − | |author=Edgar | + | |author=Edgar Anrew |
| − | |title= Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything. | + | e|title= Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything. |
|publisher= EP Books | |publisher= EP Books | ||
|location= Carlisle, PA, USA | |location= Carlisle, PA, USA | ||
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Amalie Noether (1882-1935) was a German mathematician who contributed to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. Albert Einstein described her as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.[1] She herself however wrote in 1915 that she was in a team performing difficult computations for Einstein, and that "none of us understands what they are good for".[2] A direct consequence of Noether's first theorem are certain important laws of conservation derived from the symmetries.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edgar Anrew e (2010). Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything.. Carlisle, PA, USA: EP Books, 149. ISBN 978-0-85234-707-2.
- ↑ Pais A. (1982). Subtle is the Lord: The science and life of Alert Einstein. Oxford Univeristy Press. ISBN 978-0192806727.