"In the first full-length biography of yet another hidden figure of science, Einstein's Tutor paints a moving portrait of the German-Jewish mathematician Emmy Noether, a woman of 'infinite generosity [and] unstoppable optimism'–a woman who was also, as Phillips makes the case, one of the three most ingenious minds in the history of science, fully the equal of Albert Einstein and the brilliant mathematician David Hilbert. Phillips recounts the fascinating story of how Noether resolved a conundrum that Einstein created in his general theory of relativity–one that the great man himself could not unravel. Her work, known as Noether's theorem, allowed modern science to rethink the entire framework of theoretical physics and build the modern standard model of the universe. It's a tender story and a vital key to the yet-unfinished story of women taking their rightful places in the world of science."
–Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, author of Nobel Prize Women in Science
