Access In Alberts Shadow: The Life And Letters Of Mileva Maric, Einsteins First Wife Illustrated By Milan Popović Shown In Version

useful source document of letters however there are two critical questions that remain unanswered, Why did Einstein turn so strongly against her and what was the nature of her influence on his early work I suspect this is more about human emotions than science but Einstein does not come out well! It doesn't answer the question: did Albert steal/borrow/use his first wife's scientific ideas However, it was interesting to glimpse her life.
It was sad and unfortunate that she did not go on to make her own mark in the the field.
Mileva Maric was a remarkable woman by any measure, One of the first women to study physics at a European university, she met and fell in love with a young physicist whose revolutionary theories would shortly transform our understanding of the universe.
Mileva's marriage to Albert Einstein and the birth of their three children the first, Lieserl, was born before the two were married derailed her career as a physicist.
Ensuing marital difficulties also threw Mileva into

a severe depression for years after she and Albert separated inand divorced three years later.
The subject of much speculation on the part of Einstein biographers, Mileva's life has remained shrouded in mystery and halftruth.
In Albert's Shadow, a treasure trove of seventy previously unpublished letters and cards written by Mileva to Helene Savic, an intimate friend from her university days, brings Mileva's life and marriage into focus more sharply than ever before.
Edited and introduced by Helene Savic's grandson, Milan Popovic, this revealing and often touching epistolatary biography offers a new and lessthanflattering perspective on the private life of Albert Einstein and provides a compelling portrait.