玛格丽特是一名物理学家，对物理学具有浓厚的兴趣。她也是一位著名的科学传播工作者。上世纪九十年代，玛格丽特研究了物理学是怎么于西方宗教冲突在一起的，并写了一系列的论著：《毕达哥拉斯裤：上帝，物理，和性别战争》”Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars” (1995)，《网络空间的天国之门：从但丁到互联网的历史的空间》”The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet” (1999)。
Margaret Wertheim (born 1958, Brisbane, Australia) is a science writer and the author of books on the cultural history of physics.
These books include Pythagoras' Trousers, a history of the relationship between physics and religion in Western culture, and The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet. From 2001 to 2005, Wertheim wrote the Quark Soup column for the LA Weekly and is currently a contributor to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, as well as a contributing editor to Cabinet magazine, the international arts and culture quarterly, and Cosmos, the Australian-based literary science magazine. In 2006, her writing was awarded the print journalism prize from the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and in 2004, she was the National Science Foundation visiting journalist to Antarctica. Her work was included in Best American Science Writing 2003, edited by Oliver Sacks. In 2003, she and her twin sister Christine Wertheim also founded the Institute For Figuring, an organization based in Los Angeles that promotes the public understanding of the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science and mathematics. Christine is a faculty member of the Department of Critical Studies at CalArts. Through their work with the IFF, the Wertheim twins have curated exhibitions on scientific and mathematical themes at galleries and museums, including Apexart, Machine Project, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Art Center College of Design, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology. In 2007, Margaret curated the First Fridays series of public discussions with scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
玛格丽特·威特海姆（Margaret Wertheim）是一位活跃的科学传播者，不仅著述颇丰，而且为许多杂志、电视和广播媒体撰写了大量涉及科学、社会、文化等领域的文章。2003年，她和克莉丝汀·威特海姆（Christine Wertheim，她们是一对双胞胎姐妹）在洛杉矶创建了计算研究所（The Institute for Figuring ），致力于增进公众对科学和数学在诗意和审美层面上的了解。
