On 23 March 1882 mathematician Emmy Noether (pronounced NER-ter) was born. On 23 March 2010 I posted the first entry in this blog -- an entry that included a poem, "My Dance Is Mathematics," I wrote to honor Emmy Noether; its final stanza is offered below. On 27 March 2012, The New York Times published an article that features Noether -- "The Mighty Mathematician You've Never Heard Of."
Take time today to learn about and to celebrate this not-well-enough-known and immensely talented mathematician!
Today, history books proclaim that Noether
is the greatest mathematician
her sex has produced. They say she was good
for a woman.
I cannot post today without mentioning my sadness from learning of yesterday's passing of Adrienne Rich, a favorite poet who spoke eloquently and fearlessly of the struggles of women to be and to create. I am today in San Francisco visiting a daughter and her family and here, from the San Francisco Chronicle, is a celebration of Rich's life, including the text of the poem of hers that I love most, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers."
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