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Essay / Biography of Mileva Maric - 850
Mileva Maric was born in 1875 in Titel, Serbia and died in Zurich, Switzerland in 1948 at the age of 72. She grew up as a bright young woman, very intelligent and with an inquisitive mind, particularly in the area of mathematics and science. Mileva entered an all-male prep school at the age of 15. While she was the only female in the school, she quickly showed her intelligence by achieving top grades in math and physics. After graduating, she was accepted into the Zurich Polytechnic, today known as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where she met the man who later. becomes her husband, Albert. Much to her dismay, she failed her first set of exams in 1900 and prepared to retake them. Before she could complete the second exams, she discovered she was pregnant, but decided to stick with her plan to complete her tests. However, she failed a second time. She gave birth to her baby daughter, Lieserl, in 1902. Records are unclear whether the baby died or was put up for adoption, but it does not appear that she raised a daughter. Albert and Mileva finally married in 1903 but divorced in 1914. During their marriage, she had two more children, Hans Albert and Eduard. Their marriage began to weaken in 1912, when Albert began talking to his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal. They had an extramarital affair. In the summer of 1914, Albert insisted that he and Mileva divorce to allow him to continue his relationship with his cousin. Their divorce was finalized in 1919. In the divorce proceedings, she would receive any money he earned in connection with winning the Nobel Peace Prize. She used all the money for three houses, to care for her schizophrenic son, Eduard, and to care for her when she fell ill. She died poor in the middle of a paper... of scientific content, let alone claiming to report her ideas. Letters he sent suggest she was his scientific partner, but there was never any real indication from her. Although there are compelling reasons to believe that she helped Einstein with his collections of works, I do not believe that she helped him with his scientific research. theories. There are only three pieces of evidence to suggest for or against her being his assistant. The strongest information came from Abram Joffe's testimony regarding scientific articles in their most original form being modified during the review phase. There is no solid evidence that these conversations between Mileva and her Serbian friend actually took place. Finally, she never suggested herself that she had been Albert's laboratory partner and she would be the only one who could clearly prove whether she had been his assistant..