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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Phillips, Lee (Computational physicist), author.

Title: Einstein’s tutor : the story of Emmy Noether and the invention of modern physics / Lee Phillips.

Description: First edition. | New York : PublicAffairs, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024001727 | ISBN 9781541702950 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541702974 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Noether, Emmy, 1882–1935. | Mathematicians—Germany—Biography. | Women mathematicians—Germany—Biography. | Algebra.

Classification: LCC QA29.N6 P45 2024 | DDC 510.92 [B]—dc23/eng/20240130

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024001727

ISBNs: 9781541702950 (hardcover), 9781541702974 (ebook)

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