This book, written primarily for the young adult reader, tells the life story of Emmy Noether, the most important female mathematician of our time. Because no one expected her to grow into an important scientist, the records of her early life are sketchy. After all, it was assumed that she would grow up to be a wife and mother. Instead, she was a g

Preface, Acknowledgments, I Childhood, II Beyond the Töchterschule, III The Young Scholar, IV Fräulein Professor Doctor Emmy Noether, V Exile, Appendix: Nine Men's Morris, Glossary: German and Mathematical Words and Expressions