Who is Mileva Maric?

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Mileva Maric

Who is Mileva Maric? What was her contribution to science? How did she make a difference in today's society?
Meliva Maric was the first wife of Albert Einstein and was a skilled mathematician and physicist. Mileva was born in 1875 in Titel, Serbia. She was raised in a middle class family who was very well off. She excelled in school! She got permission to attend an all boys secondary school in Zagreb.She got awesome grades and eventually became a student at Zurich polytechnic in Switzerland (later the Swiss Federal Institute or Technology or the ETH). This is the meeting place of Albert and Mileva, were they both took courses in quantum physics they grew very fond of each other and spent every waking moment with each other studying and making theory's, he would call her endearing names like Dollie and she would call him Johnny in love letters and little notes that they wrote to each other. In 1896-1901 Albert and Mileva both studied theoretical physics. She then went to Heidelberg university. She failed most of her classes and wasn't able to get a diploma. A year later she found out she was pregnant with her and Alberts, first child a daughter named leiserl. By then Albert was working on his relativity theory and had a part time job in a patent office.She gave birth to leiserl in 1902 and the baby disappeared in 1903. The last mention of her was in a letter talking about her taking on scarlet fever. She then finally married Albert on January 6, 1903 in Bern, Switzerland. With only the blessings of Milevas family. Due to the Einstein's parents hard feelings about the age difference between Mileva and Albert Einstein then had a son named Hans Albert.
In 1905, Albert published his theory on relativity and his...

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...t she didn't allow herself to be overshadowed by her ex husbands achievements .
In conclusion Mileva had a wonderful life and may not have been recognized for all of her achievements but definitely deserves to be. I hope that her story had inspired future scientist to come out and show the world new eye opening things. Even though Mileva was never granted a diploma from any university that she attended she has made a difference in today's society because of her ability to be a women and discover the diffrent possibilities in science that she has. Even Albert Einstein was inspired by this lovely lady "Everything that I achieved in my life, I must thank Mileva. She is my genius inspirer, my protector against the hardships of life and science. Without her, my work would have never have been started nor finished." -Albert Einstein quote for Mileva Maric, in 1905.

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