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What were Albert Einstein's first wife’s contributions to his
extraordinary productivity in the first years of his career? A first
biography of Mileva Marić Einstein was published in Serbian in 1969 but
remained largely unknown despite being translated first in German, then
in French in the 1990’s. The publication of Mileva and Albert’s love
letters in 1987 revealed how they lived together while two recent
publications shed more light on Mileva Marić’s life and work. I will
review this evidence in its social and historical context to give a
better idea of her contributions. In this presentation, I avoid all type
of speculation and do not attack Albert Einstein personally, but rather
strictly stick to facts. The audience will be able to appreciate why
such a talented physicist has been so unkindly treated by history.
