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100			_aEsterson, Allen.
245			_aEinstein's wife: the real story of Mileva Einstein-Marić
260			_bMIT Press _c2019 _aCambridge, Massachusetts
300			_axxi; 313p. _bhb _c21 cm
365			_aUSD _b29.95 _d1
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAlbert Einstein's first wife, Mileva Einstein-Marić, was forgotten for decades. When a trove of correspondence between them beginning in their student days was discovered in 1986, her story began to be told. Some of the tellers of the “Mileva Story” made startling claims: that she was a brilliant mathematician who surpassed her husband, and that she made uncredited contributions to his most celebrated papers in 1905, including his paper on special relativity. This book, based on extensive historical research, uncovers the real “Mileva Story.” 0Mileva was one of the few women of her era to pursue higher education in science; she and Einstein were students together at the Zurich Polytechnic. Mileva's ambitions for a science career, however, suffered a series of setbacks—failed diploma examinations, a disagreement with her doctoral dissertation adviser, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Einstein. She and Einstein married in 1903 and had two sons, but the marriage failed. Was Mileva her husband's uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his essential helpmeet? It's tempting to believe that she was her husband's secret collaborator, but the authors of Einstein's Wife look at the actual evidence, and a chapter by Ruth Lewin Sime offers important historical context. The story they tell is that of a brave and determined young woman who struggled against a variety of obstacles at a time when science was not very welcoming to women.
650			_aFamilies.
650			_aEinstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
650			_aEinstein-Marić, Mileva, 1875-1948
650			_aEinstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Marriage.
650			_aSerbia.
650			_aGermany.
650			_aEinstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Family.
650			_aWomen mathematicians -- Biography.
650			_aMathematicians -- Biography.
650			_aMathematicians -- Serbia -- Biography.
650			_aMathematicians -- Germany -- Biography.
650			_aMarriage.
650			_aMathematicians.
650			_aWomen mathematicians
650			_a42.01 history of biology.
650			_aWomen mathematicians -- Serbia -- Biography.
650			_aWomen mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography.
700			_aCassidy, David C.
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