Frau Einstein

Was Albert Einstein's first wife Mileva Marić the real genius in the family? For the first time, this novel puts Mileva Marić at the center of the story surrounding the discovery of the theory of relativity. The first wife of the Nobel Prize winner was instrumental in his scientific achievements. Zurich 1896: Mileva Marić, who grew up in poor circumstances in Serbia, is one of the first women to be allowed to study at the Polytechnic. Against all prejudices and resistance, the ambitious young woman soon becomes one of the best in her field. Her great talent for mathematics does not remain hidden for long from one of her fellow students, the charismatic physics student Albert Einstein. The two exchange ideas about their work, fall in love and become a couple. Together they work on the theory of relativity, at first largely on equal terms. But when Mileva becomes pregnant and their joint research receives its first public attention, she becomes increasingly invisible in the shadow of her husband, who remains world-famous as a radiant genius to this day.