> She was asked by David Hilbert to work on the problem of invariants in General Relativity, came up with one of the most important theorems in physics, and the

> She was asked by David Hilbert to work on the problem of invariants in General Relativity, came up with one of the most important theorems in physics, and then moved on to other (extremely important) mathematical work. Interestingly I just read about this in a Lawrence M. Krauss book [0] where it was described that David Hilbert insisted on hiring Noether by the university but was overruled by the male majority that didn't like the idea that a female would teach male students. Hilbert commented that "this is university, not a bath-house!" [1]. [0]: I think it was "The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far" [1]: I'm writing that from memory so excuse some inaccuracies.