She was four years older than Einstein and his classmate. He was an absent-minded student mostly lost in imagination. She was focused, organised and methodical.
She matched him in grades, collaborated in his research and was set to get a Ph.D. earlier than him but fate and two mean-minded professors thwarted her plans.
Not to be disheartened, she did the next best thing – she decided to support Einstein in his brilliant journey.
Einstein was a German Jew born in 1879 whose family had shifted to Switzerland.
Mileva Marić was a 1875 born Serbian Christian. Her father had obtained special permission for her to attend an all-boys' high school in Zagreb as a private student and again in 1892 to allow her to attend lectures in physics.
In 1896, Mileva joined as the only girl among 6 students including Einstein in a class for a four-year diploma course, in teaching physics and mathematics, at Polytechnic Institute at Zurich.
This story is from the December 16, 2024 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.
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