ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 09:08, Erich Goldstein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Emmy Noether was a great mathematician at a time when women were not > mathematicians. She taught and researched in mathematics in Germany before, > during, and after World War I. She made huge contributions to abstract > algebra, among other fields, and the Noetherian Ring is named for her (not > for her father who was also a professor of mathematics.) As well as "Noether's Theorem," an important statement of theoretical physics that relates symmetries to conservation laws. *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]