Oppenheimer's Berkeley recommendation letter for Feynman mentions that Wigner said, "He is a second Dirac, only this time human."https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/oppenheimers-letter-of-recommendation-for-richard-feynman-1943-15dcdaf131b7 …
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Why ? There are men that I deeply admire, who were game changers (e.g., Feynman), there are women that I deeply admire, who where game changers (e.g. Noether), calling them "superhuman" is a bit ridiculous, but not sexist I think !
You completely missed message. We should not emphasize too much on glowing recommendations some famous scientists received early in their careers. There are so many others who had to fight their way to be recognized. Women you mention..what glowing recommendations did they get?
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Oh I see your point. Especially at that time there was a lot of injustice for women. Noether was so impressive that she was noticed quite early in her career, by Hilbert and Klein, then by Einstein (but probably she had to fight 10x as compared to male mathematicians, I agree..)
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Noether’s father, “one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century”, was a full professor in mathematics at the university where she got her degree(s?). She then worked at (the same?) a Uni in the same town without pay for 7 years. Then Hilbert recognized her. 1/
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