In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein’s enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein’s wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight.
… and very personal insight.
Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. And then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage.
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This book made Albert look narcissistic. There is no data to prove that.
I enjoyed this book even though it is sad that there was a time when a woman had a very hard time publishing scientific discoveries without a man to put his name to the work. Even more sad that a husband would gain notoriety without giving his wife any credit.
Informative and extremely interesting.
Very interesting read in light of the Genius series I watched. The book was more sympathetic to Mileva than the TV series. Maybe the truth of their relationship lies somewhere in the middle.
I like historical fiction and this was a good one. I knew nothing about Albert Einstein’s life or his first wife. Quite interesting, makes you wonder who was the real genius!
Einstein was a unforgettable man
Only cared about himself, never gave any credit to his first wife
Who was so much smarter then him, you never heard of her in
that time in history. He was all about himself
You have to read it, to understand this part of history
I loved this book! After reading The Other Einstein I did some research. There is a lot of truth to this book. My heart hurts for women of that time and disgusted by the unfair situations society accepted as normal.
An interesting look at the personal genius – his character, quirks and sorry narcissm!