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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 …show more content…

While Albert went off to work on his scientific studies Mileva and his relationship was put on hold for the time being Albert gave Mileva a contract which she refused to sign. That said she can only speak when spoken to and can not enter a room without permission! Their relationship took a turn for the worse and Albert took finally took initiative and gave Mileva divorce papers in 1916. She only signed them with the promise of his winnings from his noble prize money. She died in a mental institution in Nordheim Friedhof from a severe stroke in 1948. "The grave location of Mileva Maric was discovered in Nordheim Friedhof cemetery, Zurich Switzerland after 31 years from her death. Her gravestone was removed from her grave by the Nordheim Friedhof Cemetery for non-payment of cemetery fees."He later married his cousin Elsa who he worked with for quite sometime on scientific work and studies. I think Mileva's contribution in science was made through Alberts theory on relativity. Even though her name was not put on the final copy of the papers. "The documentary film "Einstein's Wife", showed that the original manuscript from 1905 of the "Theory of Relativity" was signed with "Einstein-Marty" (Marity for Maric). Soviet scientist Abraham Joffe (shown on the stamp above) claimed to have seen the original manuscript with two signatures (Einstein and Maric). Abraham Joffe is an alumni of the famous Polytechnic Institue, in

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