ert heim ' s ▁education ▁includes ▁two ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degrees , ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Science ▁in ▁pure ▁and ▁applied ▁physics ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Queensland ▁and ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁pure ▁mathematics ▁and ▁computing ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney . ▁▁ ▁W ert heim ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁research ▁associate ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Natural ▁Museum ▁of ▁Natural ▁History ▁located ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁fellow ▁at ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Human ities ,. ▁She ▁is ▁currently ▁a ▁Ph D ▁candidate ▁and ▁research er ▁at ▁De ak in ▁University . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁Fellow ▁( 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 ) ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Vice ▁Chan cell or ' s ▁Fellow ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Melbourne . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Books ▁ ▁W ert heim ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁tr il ogy ▁that ▁cons iders ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁theoretical ▁physics ▁in ▁the ▁cultural ▁landscape ▁of ▁modern ▁Western ▁society . ▁The ▁first , ▁P yth ag or as ' ▁Tr ous ers , ▁is ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁physics , ▁religion ▁and ▁gender ▁relations . ▁Review ing ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁The ▁Independent , ▁Jen ny ▁Turner ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁introduction ▁states ▁the ▁book ' s ▁argument ▁eleg antly ▁and ▁comp elling ly ; ▁but ▁the ▁text ▁disappoint ed ▁her ▁by ▁losing ▁sight ▁of ▁what ▁Turner ▁thought ▁its ▁most ▁interesting ▁goal , ▁telling ▁how