The Forgotten Woman Pioneer of Quantum Mechanics
Those who are more concerned with the development of quantum theory will quickly realize that the pioneers of modern physics appear to be a pure men’s club: Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi, later Richard Feynman or Freeman Dyson, to name only the most well-known of them. All modern physics is occupied by men. All modern physics? No, a single woman managed to break through the men’s crew: Grete Hermann. „Grete who?“ Most are likely to ask.
In fact, Grete Hermann is completely unknown even to most physicists today. But it pays to do a little research on the work of this impressive woman, as it opens up fascinating perspectives on the thought of the pioneers of quantum theory. Furthermore, with her philosophical and political commitment, Grete Hermann is a great example of the impact of a deep thinker on society as a whole.
Grete Hermann (2 March 1901 – 15 April 1984) was a German mathematician and philosopher noted for her work in mathematics, physics, philosophy and education. She is noted for her early philosophical work on the foundations of quantum mechanics, and is now known most of all for an early, but long-ignored critique of a “no hidden-variables theorem” by John von Neumann. It has been suggested that, had her critique not remained nearly unknown for decades, the historical development of quantum mechanics might have been very different.
This multifaceted woman was no longer given an opportunity to resume her mathematical and physical studies. Thus, regrettably her impressive work remains largely unknown today.
SheQuantum salutes this great woman physicist, Grete Hermann for her immense contributions towards quantum mechanics.
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