Einstein said it: Emmy Noether was a "mathematical genius"

Emmy Amalie Noether, better known as Emmy Noether, was one of the great mathematical minds of the 20th century. She is considered, quite rightly, the mother of abstract algebra, to the point that contemporaries like Albert Einstein called her "mathematical genius." However, she did not have a simple path. She was born on March 23, 1882, in a family dedicated to mathematics, but when she wanted to study discipline she was told not in college. The…