“Superb...the haunting story of Einstein’s brilliant first wife who was lost in his shadow.”
"The Other Einstein takes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men." -Bustle
In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight.
Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. And then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
MARIE BENEDICT
Once a New York City lawyer, Marie Benedict long dreamed about a job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian—before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction. Writing as Heather Terrell, Marie also authored THE CHRYSALIS, THE MAP THIEF, and BRIGID OF KILDARE. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family.
Represented by Laura Dail.