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Physics Colloquium: The tragic destiny of Mileva Marić Einstein. This talk will explore Albert Einstein's first wife’s contributions to the extraordinary productivity in the first years of his career, and will be delivered by Dr Pauline Gagnon from CERN

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. The talk will review this evidence in its social and historical context to give a better idea of her contributions. In this presentation, The talk will avoid all types of speculation and does 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.

The presenter, Dr Pauline Gagnon, is a particle physicist from CERN.

The talk will be followed by refreshments in the physics atrium