Was Einstein\'s first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet? The Real Mileva Story.
Albert Einstein\'s first wife, Mileva Einstein-Maric, was forgotten for decades.
Mileva\'s ambitions for a science career, however, suffered a series of setbacks--failed diploma exam.
Mileva was one of the few women of her era to pursue higher education in science; she and Einstein were students together at the Zurich Polytechnic.
This book, based on extensive historical research, uncovers the Real Mileva Story.
Some of the tellers of the Mileva Story made startling claims: that she was a brilliant mathematician who surpassed her husband, and that she made uncredited contributions to his most celebrated papers in 1905, including his paper on special relativity.
When a trove of correspondence between them beginning in their student days was discovered in 1986, her Story began to be told.
Was Einstein\'s first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet? The Real Mileva Story.
Albert Einstein\'s first wife, Mileva Einstein-Maric, was forgotten for decades.
The Story they tell is that of a brave and determined young woman who struggled against a variety of obstacles at a time when science was not very welcoming to women.
Was Mileva her husband\'s uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his essential helpmeet? It\'s tempting to believe that she was her husband\'s secret collaborator, but the authors of Einstein\'s Wife look at the actual evidence, and a chapter by Ruth Lewin Sime offers important historical context.
She and Einstein married in 1903 and had two sons, but the marriage failed.
Mileva\'s ambitions for a science career, however, suffered a series of setbacks--failed diploma examinations, a disagreement with her doctoral dissertation adviser, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Einstein.
Mileva was one of the few women of her era to pursue higher education in science; she and Einstein were students together at the Zurich Polytechnic.
This book, based on extensive historical research, uncovers the Real Mileva Story.
Some of the tellers of the Mileva Story made startling claims: that she was a brilliant mathematician who surpassed her husband, and that she made uncredited contributions to his most celebrated papers in 1905, including his paper on special relativity.
When a trove of correspondence between them beginning in their student days was discovered in 1986, her Story began to be told.
Was Einstein\'s first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet? The Real Mileva Story.
Albert Einstein\'s first wife, Mileva Einstein-Maric, was forgotten for decades
