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AKC: Arbeitskreis Chancengleichheit

AKC 1: AKC

AKC 1.1: Hauptvortrag

Dienstag, 28. März 2023, 10:30–11:30, ZEU 250

The tragic destiny of Mileva Marić Einstein — •Pauline Gagnon — CERN, Geneva

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.