Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

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Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by Mr P » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:16 pm

http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_20 ... tures_Laws

Off to find more info about this woman.

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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by hackenslash » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:13 am

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Noether gave us the first truly robust formulation of ALL laws of conservation. It's always worth googling 'noether + susu.exp' to hear one of the greatest minds of our little group of fora wax lyrical.
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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by FBM » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:44 am

Far out, that woman...
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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by charlou » Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:47 am

"less than a tenth of a percent"

*guilty*

Thanks for bringing Emmy to me.
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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by charlou » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:02 am

Notable bit for me (paraphrasing): "she did something that most of us have thought of ... you get a university degree .. you go and get packed with education ... but you think to yourself, do I really need to pay fees and buy textbooks? In principal, you can show up in the auditorium, take notes, learn from the professor .. if all you really wanted was the education, you don't have to pay and register, they're never going to notice of you in here .. right? But, how many people actually do that? Like none ... except for Emmy, who did this ..."

That was over a century ago ... now we have the internet, and the world is literally your oyster ...
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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by GenesForLife » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:45 am

hackenslash wrote:Image

Noether gave us the first truly robust formulation of ALL laws of conservation. It's always worth googling 'noether + susu.exp' to hear one of the greatest minds of our little group of fora wax lyrical.
Ah, good old Susu, one of those people whose brains I'd want to clone and add to mine.

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Re: Emmy Noether: Mistress of Nature's Laws

Post by hackenslash » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:14 am

^^ Indeed.
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