"Emmy Noether is one of the most important figures in the history of science and mathematics..
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 the basis for the most accurate theory in the history of physics the
Standard Model which forms our modern theory of matter. Noether's Theorem is also the tool
physicists use to guide them towards the holy grail of a unified theory and is the secret
weapon wielded by researchers at the cutting edge of fields as diverse as robotics quantum
computing economics and biology. Noether's life story is equally important and revelatory in
understanding the pernicious nature of sexual prejudice in the sciences revealing the shocking
discrimination against one of the true intellectual giants of the twentieth century a woman
effectively excluded from the institutions perquisites and fame given male counterparts in
the world of science. Noether's personality and optimistic generous spirit as Lee Phillips
reveals enabled her unique genius to persevere and arrive at insights that still astonish
those who encounter them a century later"--
