Mileva Marić Einstein was a physicist born in Serbia in 1875.
We remember her husband, Albert Einstein, as one of the most celebrated physicists of the 20th century, but I suspect most folks haven’t heard of her.
However, Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914.
"Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914."
A few days ago, I finished reading "The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science" by Kate Zernike; it spoke to me.
The first season of "Genius" on PBS dealt a great deal of time on their relationship and how poorly he treated her. Despite the fact she (a brilliant mathematician in her own right) fact-checked just about every thing he wrote, he never allowed her to take part in his experiments and never credited her in his papers. 😞
I only heard about her early work a few days ago, on Facebook. There were other references. Her name was included on the original draft of the Relativity paper. She helped Albert with the maths. I must check if his decision to learn more was after their divorce.
Just so you know, I have only one account set to notify me of new posts, yours. Thank you for what you do to bring the work and contributions of women into the light.
"She gave birth to a girl named Liserl in January 1902. No one knows what happened to her. She was probably given to adoption. No birth or death certificates were ever found."
Did their daughter ever receive an education? Did she ever discover in herself a talent for math? If she had been a boy would Einstein have discarded her?
really if you read into other theories of the aether that were kicking around at the time, Einstein's geometricization of gravity is hardly groundbreaking. Many other models were largely equivalent
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Did their daughter ever receive an education? Did she ever discover in herself a talent for math? If she had been a boy would Einstein have discarded her?
Thanks for sharing that powerful article.
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