the other einstein a novel by marie benedict

Mileva is wronged, again and again-sacrificing everything, forced into the punishing role of an unloved spouse. The more Mileva tries to please him with domestic servitude, the more he strays. In this telling, Mileva’s promising intellect and scientific training are largely wasted, at best, and destroyed, at worst, as Albert’s scientific stature grows, accompanied by his rising arrogance and cruel indifference to Mileva. As portrayed, Mileva was perpetually in the dark about Albert’s mercurial affections, even as she risked her intellectual path and reputation to maintain the troubled relationship seeking to protect their children from the stigma of a failed marriage. Their relationship unfolds in slow motion inevitability to its tragic conclusion-from early devotion and love to disillusioned domestic drudgery, abuse, adultery, separation and ultimately divorce. But that’s pretty much the end of her happiness, as imagined by the author. Her life quickly intersects with Albert Einstein, and we witness, through her eyes, a charming child-like romance rooted in a shared passion for physics. Ironically, her intellectual pursuits are enabled by a modest physical disability affecting her leg, rendering her unmarriageable in her parents’ eyes. When we first meet Mileva, she is a nervous but brilliant young woman training in physics at university, an unusual accomplishment in this era, one that in itself suggests an exceptional and tenacious mind, able to overcome the masculine dominance of both society and science in her noble quest for the pure knowledge of physics. The novel integrates thin but intriguing documentary evidence about Mileva Maric with rich imaginative story-telling to create a compelling and intricate fictional biography of Albert Einstein’s first wife. Marie Benedict, the author of The Other Einstein, achieves what she set out for herself. “The Other Einstein aims to tell the story of a brilliant woman whose light has been lost in Albert’s enormous shadow - that of Mileva Maric.” - From the Marie Benedict (author) in an afterword Did Albert’s first wife contribute to these theories? Bold or misleading?

The other einstein a novel by marie benedict