Albert Einsteinโs first wife Mileva (Mitza) Mariฤ was also a brilliant physicist. They met at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, where she had fought for special permissions to attend and where she received higher marks than Albert. Mitza put in as much if not more work on their theories but wasnโt credited because Albert told her their works wouldnโt get published with a womanโs name on them. Many of his lecture notes are in Mitzaโs handwriting, and Albert was once heard at a party saying, โI need my wife, she helps solve all of my mathematical problems.โ 80% of Einsteinโs famous works were published during this marriage, referred to as his โmagic years.โ Those magic years ended abruptly after they divorced due to his infidelity and abandonment.
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