ClaudiaMar 10, 2024
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

Albert Einstein’s first wife Mileva (Mitza) Marić was also a brilliant physicist. They met at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, where she had fought for special permissions to attend and where she received higher marks than Albert. Mitza put in as much if not more work on their theories but wasn’t credited because Albert told her their works wouldn’t get published with a woman’s name on them. Many of his lecture notes are in Mitza’s handwriting, and Albert was once heard at a party saying, “I need my wife, she helps solve all of my mathematical problems.” 80% of Einstein’s famous works were published during this marriage, referred to as his “magic years.” Those magic years ended abruptly after they divorced due to his infidelity and abandonment.

Happy #womenshistorymonth

Mar 8, 2024 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadZdeněk DoležalMar 8, 2024
@Lana Einstein byl problematická osobnost, údajně byl rozhádaný se všemi svými příbuznými...
Show threadAaronMar 8, 2024
@Lana Too bad I can't boost this since IDK if you wrote it or just stole it.
Show threadBen ZaninMar 8, 2024
@hosford42 it's stolen, you can find half a dozen copy-pastes of that text with a web search. I couldn't find an original source for it though.
Show threadAaronMar 8, 2024
@gnomon Figures. Like all the rest of the posts on this account, apparently. I just went ahead and blocked her. No telling if she's even a real person.
Show threadKonfetti 🎉🐳Mar 10, 2024
@hosford42 @gnomon
What a weird insult
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovMar 8, 2024
@Lana So was Einstein right or not? Could she get published without his name on it?
Show thread𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"Mar 8, 2024
@newstik <SHE> wasn't published at all, bud. Einstein published their work without her name on it.
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovMar 8, 2024
@Lana Even after their divorce?
Show threadCybarbieMar 9, 2024
@newstik @Lana Marie Curie won the Nobel for Physics in 1903. Gaslight was just taking off.
Show threadJörg SeidelMar 9, 2024
@nf3xn
She only got it because it was given to her husband but he refused to take it for her work.
@newstik @Lana
Show threadThomas Sobieck 🐘Mar 8, 2024
@Lana Basically, if you are cishet dude be a Pierre Curie (noted wife guy) and not a Albert Einstein.
Show threadDr. Heather EtcheversMar 9, 2024
@Sobieck @Lana it's still more recognized to be a truly supportive husband than wife or we'd be talking about Albert Mitza.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesMar 8, 2024
@Lana I've never heard this before, but do not doubt it a single bit.
Show threadCrazy-to-BikeMar 8, 2024
@Lana

Women for science 💪
Show threadEchedelle ⚧Mar 8, 2024
@Lana I read every word starting with Poly as Polycule before ever finishing reading and now I read the "Polycule Institute of Zurich"
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterMar 8, 2024
@Lana Look, I wish it were true, but almost everything in this toot is either disputed or easily proven to be factually inaccurate. Yes, she should be more acknowledged as a collaborator and Einstein was a dick to her, but her contributions were absolutely not to the degree that you claim here. (I studied history and philosophy of physics at uni.)
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterMar 8, 2024
@Lana Her grades? Weren’t super good. Her letters? It’s not like they were suppressed, we have their papers and she doesn’t mention physics in it (he does). They talked about physics when they were together. That’s all we know. There isn’t some huge conspiracy to make this woman disappear from history - she was friendly with Marie Skłodowska-Curie! There are enough sources to do some proper history’ing on it. Sometimes something’s not there because it didn’t happen.
Show threadJörg SeidelMar 9, 2024
@venite
If she contributed her name should be on the papers. Nobody claims the whole Relativitätstheorie was her idea.
@Lana
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterMar 9, 2024
@lostgen some people do… but that’s not relevant to this discussion. I agree that from what we know she probably talked a lot of the stuff over with him when they were in a relationship and that should be acknowledged. If it was up to the level of co-author I think we should have seen some papers that aren’t there and NOT have some papers that ARE available, like the letters. Also the was much more single authorship across the board before WW2.
Show threadAnna MiriamsdochterMar 9, 2024
@lostgen But I’m not here to try and find out her exact level of contribution. Just to point out that the original toot is wildly inaccurate. Because I don’t think it helps women if you give them a false history. There are enough women who did have their work stolen who we can reinstate and celebrate.
Show thread🅱🅻🆄🅴🅱️Mar 9, 2024

@Lana

If this is to be believed, abandoned is not the term I would use. He gave her the nobel prize money, which essentially set her for life.

(He legally had to after their divorce. Unknown how much he wanted to, but if I said that someone who gave me enough money for the rest of my life abandoned me I would be a liar)

But, she may have helped on papers.

https://einstein-website.de/en/what-happened-to-the-nobel-prize-money/

What happened to the Nobel Prize money? – ALBERT EINSTEIN

Show threadkira :3Mar 9, 2024
@Lana omfg
Show threadJeanPDelietMar 9, 2024
@Lana what happened to her? This would be more effective if you were less pissy & more factual
Show thread𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"Mar 9, 2024
@JeanPDeliet hold the presses everyone a man has arrived to inform us women not to be so "pissy"
Show threadJos noemt het gewoon melkAug 16, 2025
@Lana @JeanPDeliet and more factual
Show threadNadim KobeissiMar 9, 2024
@Lana This simply isn’t true.
Show thread𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"Mar 9, 2024
@nadim hold the presses everyone a man has arrived to dismiss the academic achievements of women
Show threadSimoneMar 9, 2024

@Lana

And the way he treated her after the divorce was absolutely gruesome. Psychological terror at its finest. Total, unneccessary humiliation. What a creep.
Saw it in an exhibition about him. Lost any admiration for him that day and was so outraged.

She deserves being remembered.

Show threadJohn GordonMar 9, 2024

@Lana @purinkle Albert was many things, but not a great husband and evidently not the best colleague.

I think not a great father either?

Show threadTim (Swast) SweñaMar 9, 2024
@Lana Wow. Today I learned. Thanks for sharing.
Show threadSimon DobsonMar 10, 2024
@Lana If I remember correctly he also promised her part of the money from his Nobel prize (before he'd been awarded it) as part of the divorce settlement
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@Lana
I *highly* recommend watching Season one of the PBS series "Genius".

It goes into great detail regarding the (dismal) relationship between Einstein and his first wife Mileva.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SICLBlHizUY

Genius - Extended Trailer | National Geographic

YouTube
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurNov 3, 2024
@Lana Interesting story. What happened to her after the divorce?
Show threadJeff Zugale - Z FactoryNov 3, 2024
@Lana wow, look at all the butthurt white nerd boys in here 🙄
Show threadIrenes (many)Aug 16, 2025
@Lana welp. we had no idea. thank you for talking about it.
Show threadCaveDaveAug 16, 2025
@Lana higher marks than Einstein was a low bar because Einstein had the lowest average from his uni class and as far as I remember she had the second lowest. Mind you, I'm not disparaging her here. She did a lot of important work. It's really just indicative that grades are bullshit when the two students with the lowest averages come up with theories that defined modern physics