Mileva Maric



Who was she?

She was a Serbian mathematician and coauthor of the famous Theory of Relativity. She was Einstein's partner, colleague and confident. A very discussed topic is how much she helped Einstein.


Her life

She was born the 19 of December of 1875 in Titel. In 1896 she entered in the Zurich Polytechnic Institute, being the only women in all the building. Einstein started studying there the same year. Then, when she finished her studies, she married with Albert Einstein and have three children, Lieserl Einstein that was born before her parents marry and a few months after her birth she disappeared, Hans Albert Einstein he became a teacher University of California and Eduard Einstein he went to a hospital because he suffered of schizophrenia. Einstein mistreated Mileva, and when it reach the maximum level of violence, Einstein put this rules to Mineva:

A. You will make sure:

1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;

2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;

3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.


B. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, You will forego:

1. my sitting at home with you;

2. my going out or travelling with you.


C. You will obey the following points in your relations with me:

1. you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;

2. you will stop talking to me if I request it;

3. you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.


D. You will undertake not to belittle me in front of our children, either through words or behavior.

In 1913 Mileva and Einstein got divorce, she stayed in Zurich whit her children, while Einstein traveled to Berlin to get a new job. When Einstein won the Nobel prize he gave the money to Mileva, because it was part of the divorced agreement. She used the money of the prize to pay the treatment of Eduard. She died in 1948 in Zurich.

What did she do?

Now we thougt her knowlege were indispensable for create the theorie of the relativity because Einstein wasn’t enougt good in maths for do that complex theorie. The more creativity ages of Einstein where the ones who spend with her

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