The Other Einstein

The Other Einstein

Marie Benedict

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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. This 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.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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    Here is what I know about Albert Einstein:
    - He gave us The Theory of Relativity
    - He was kind of a weird duck
    - He had crazy hair (and that poster where he is sticking his tongue out)

    I knew nothing of Mitza Maric Einstein before reading this book and now I really want to do more research on her. How much of this story is based on truths & how much is stretched to be more dramatic and entertaining?

    During this time period, it was really common for a smart woman to be overlooked because of her sex. Many brilliant minds are pushed into homemaking roles (while not a bad thing) and not allowed to share their expertise with the world. I enjoyed reading about her life, saddened by what she had to sacrifice, and given hope that it is never too late to change your circumstances in life.

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