25K views · 326 reactions | Should we rename an SI unit after Emmy Noether? The unit of momentum is currently known as kilogram metres per second (kg m/s) according to the International System of Units. However, in a letter to the American Journal of Physics a teacher has started a campaign for it to become know as the noether. Emmy Noether was a mathematician who changed physics with her discovery that symmetries are at the heart of physical laws. | Nature | Facebook