Jed LeonardMar 11, 2023
Sheril Kirshenbaum

Mileva Marić Einstein was a physicist born in Serbia in 1875.

We remember her husband, Albert Einstein, as one of the most celebrated physicists of the 20th century, but I suspect most folks haven’t heard of her.

However, Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914.

This is her story: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/?fbclid=IwAR2O8bwlDiEBgJLYbjKo-Kdy_3jhi7tvyCl2edzpzpI_pIcPv7iVOc1zC-E #science #history #HistoryRemix

The Forgotten Life of Einstein's First Wife

She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science

Scientific American Blog Network
Mar 11, 2023 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadራስ ባሪያው Rass BariawMar 11, 2023

@Sheril "Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914."

A few days ago, I finished reading "The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science" by Kate Zernike; it spoke to me.

Men do not understand.

Show threadIris Richardson Fine Art 🇩🇪🇺🇸📷Mar 11, 2023
@RassBariaw @Sheril how many women achievements have been lost in the shadows of men either through marriage, theft or simply because they had been excluded and only a male could take their place to inform the world about their discovery. Here we are in 2023 and this is still going on.
Show threadElizabethMar 11, 2023
@irisRichardson @RassBariaw @Sheril I just watched the Glenn Close movie "The Wife" and it illustrated exactly this. It's infuriating to me.
Show threadIris Richardson Fine Art 🇩🇪🇺🇸📷Mar 11, 2023
@akaBeth10 @RassBariaw @Sheril and who can blame us?
Show threadPieter Kuiper 🇸🇪Mar 11, 2023

@RassBariaw
Sorry, I am a man so I must be stupid.

Convince me and show a letter where Mileva explains relativity to Albert.

@Sheril

Show threadራስ ባሪያው Rass BariawMar 12, 2023
@pietkuip you made your own point; spoken like a man.
Show threadAnita LewisMar 11, 2023
@Sheril I remember her from an historical novel called _The Other Einstein_.
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Mar 11, 2023
@Sheril The first season of "Genius" on PBS dealt a great deal of time on their relationship and how poorly he treated her. Despite the fact she (a brilliant mathematician in her own right) fact-checked just about every thing he wrote, he never allowed her to take part in his experiments and never credited her in his papers. 😞
Show threadElizabethMar 11, 2023
@MugsysRapSheet @Sheril Sounds fascinating, I'll have to see if I can find it. Thank you.
Show threadCherylBlueWaveMar 12, 2023

@MugsysRapSheet @Sheril

Thank you for sharing about the series.

I'm going to look for it.

Show thread... and beholdMar 11, 2023
@Sheril
“I need my wife. She solves for me all my mathematical problems."
Show threadAndy WoottonMar 11, 2023
@Sheril I only heard about her early work a few days ago, on Facebook. There were other references. Her name was included on the original draft of the Relativity paper. She helped Albert with the maths. I must check if his decision to learn more was after their divorce.
Show threadElizabethMar 11, 2023
@Sheril Just so you know, I have only one account set to notify me of new posts, yours. Thank you for what you do to bring the work and contributions of women into the light.
Show threadSusan is Surfeited on PoliticsMar 11, 2023
@Sheril How many women have watched men take credit for their ideas and work? Pretty much all of us.
Show threadShiraDestProjectDoBetterMar 11, 2023
@Sheril No, I hadn't heard of her, thank you for sharing this, Sheril.
Shira (Destinie)
Show threadB MillerMar 12, 2023

@Sheril

"She gave birth to a girl named Liserl in January 1902. No one knows what happened to her. She was probably given to adoption. No birth or death certificates were ever found."

Did their daughter ever receive an education? Did she ever discover in herself a talent for math? If she had been a boy would Einstein have discarded her?

Thanks for sharing that powerful article.

Show threadCherylBlueWaveMar 12, 2023

@Sheril

Sheril, thank you for sharing about Mileva Einstein.

Your posts are enlightening.

Show threadCykonotMar 12, 2023
@Sheril really if you read into other theories of the aether that were kicking around at the time, Einstein's geometricization of gravity is hardly groundbreaking. Many other models were largely equivalent