Bibliograph

Emmy noether, The most important mathematician you've never heard of., Helaine Becker

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Emmy noether, The most important mathematician you've never heard of., Helaine Becker

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

850, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emmy noether

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5

Responsibility statement

Helaine Becker

Sub title

The most important mathematician you've never heard of.

Summary

An engaging picture book biography of a groundbreaking female mathematician.Emmy Noether is not pretty, quiet or good at housework-all the things a girl of her time is expected to be. What she is, though, is brilliant at math. And when she grows up, she skirts the rules to first study math at a university and then teach it. She also helps to solve of the most pressing mathematical and physics problems of the day. And though she doesn't get much credit during her lifetime, her discoveries continue to influence how we understand the world today.One of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century finally gets her due!

Target audience

juvenile

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