Rational, scientific, these words always seem to be tied to men. Throughout history, the great scientists who have made important achievements have almost always been men. Of course, there is a deeper reason behind this, that is, in the past, men and women were not equal.
In fact, men are no better at research than women. Many of the nobel laureates in science are now women scientists. This change also shows that statements such as "men are more rational, women are more emotional, and mathematics, physics and chemistry are the world of boys" can be thrown into the garbage.
When it comes to female scientists, the most famous is Marie Curie. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a very famous female scientist in Germany, because one of her important discoveries led the centennial development of physics.
The female scientist, Amy Knott, was born in 1882.
For all of humanity, the most important achievements of Amy Knott's life are two.
In the field of mathematics, he is known as the founder of abstract algebra because of his important contributions to abstract algebra. For her outstanding mathematical achievements, Amy Knott was hailed as the greatest female mathematician, and at the time was praised by Einstein, Hermann Weil, Hilbert and others.
In the field of theoretical physics, she proposed in a paper in 1918 an important study now known as the "Nospecian theorem", which became an important cornerstone of modern physics.
Amy Knott had an indissoluble relationship with mathematics, and it had to do with family factors, because Amy Knott's father was a well-known mathematician at the time.
At that time, the vast majority of women were not allowed to top half the sky! Because they are restricted and discriminated against in education, work, etc. Even if Amy Knott's father was a university mathematics professor, Amy Knott could only audit at the university at her own expense, and could not graduate normally like boys. However, Amy Knott was not discouraged by this, and later used her own achievements to impress everyone.
Amy Knott was able to achieve important things, not only because of her own efforts, but also because of the help of Hilbert. As for Hilbert, he was a very famous mathematician at the time, and his most widely known achievement was to propose 23 "Hilbert problems", the solution of which promoted the development of mathematics. It was with Hilbert's help that Amy Knott's talent was unearthed.
Nordic theory is one of the most important achievements of Amy Knott's life.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics competed for supremacy, and many of the great physicists in textbooks lived in that era. And Amy Knott, as a female mathematician, was able to leave a strong mark on the history of physics, which shows how important Nodin's theory is.
Nocturnal theory, a very important theory in theoretical physics, systematically proposes the concept of symmetry, explains the fundamental connection between symmetry and conservation laws, and influences subsequent developments in physics.
Nordic theory holds true for all physical laws based on the principle of action. The beginning of the 20th century was the era of the transition from classical physics to modern physics, and although it was built on the edifice of classical mechanics, its ideas extended to the field of quantum mechanics. According to the idea that symmetry and conservation law correspond one-to-one, physicists should look for the corresponding conservation quantity whenever they find a new symmetry, and vice versa.
There are more than a dozen conservation laws in physics, and they are the most universal, important, and fundamental physical laws in nature. By correctly understanding these conservation laws, we can use them to guide our life and production, so that we can recognize the nature of this world. For example, the law of conservation of energy shows that perpetual motion machines cannot exist.
Symmetry exists not only in mathematics, but is also a very important concept in modern physics. There are various forms of motion change in nature, and for certain operations or transformations, each continuous symmetrical transformation in the mechanical system always corresponds to some invariants, that is, conservation quantities. Where there is a conservation quantity, there is a law of conservation.
According to the one-to-one correspondence between symmetry and conservation, physicists have found that spatial translation corresponds to the conservation of momentum, spatial rotation corresponds to conservation of angular momentum, and time inversion corresponds to conservation of energy...
To put it simply, whether on Earth or on the Moon, in the past, present or future, the coordinates of space-time have changed, but these physical laws associated with them have not changed. Behind the symmetry of this transformation is the uniformity of space, the homogeneity of various kinds, and the uniformity of time.
There are four basic forces in nature: gravity, electromagnetism, weak force, and strong force. When physicists further generalized the relationship between symmetry and conservation from the macroscopic world to the microscopic world, they successively found that there were spontaneous symmetry breaks in some symmetries. That is, there are slight asymmetries in some symmetries in the microscopic world. In 1956, two physicists, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the symmetry of space reflection under weak interactions is not conserved.
Although Noctic theory is no longer a necessary criterion in the microscopic world, it is not enough to erase the greatness of Noctic principle. Born in the second half of the 20th century, the Standard Model of particle physics is built on gauge field theory, and when it comes to gauge symmetry in gauge field theory, it is necessary to mention Amy Knott's Nostril theory.
Although Amy Knott is not as famous as Newton and Einstein, her contributions to physics and mathematics are absolutely important. As a female scientist, she is definitely a god-level being. Without the contribution of Galileo and others, how could Newton stand on the shoulders of giants? In short, Amy Knott is also that giant, and his contribution to modern physics is no less than Yang Zhenning.
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