Was Albert Einstein a jerk to his wife Mileva Marić?

Yes he was. There are two police records that state Einstein hit and bloodied Mileva. He pursued his cousin, Elsa, while he was married to her. Einstein gave Mileva a list of cruel demands: * My clothes and laundry are to be kept in good order. read more

Mileva and Einstein were married during his miracle year 1905 when he wrote five papers that eventually made him famous worldwide. Mileva collaborated with him and some notes and correspondence he used or sent is in her handwriting. read more

Mileva Marić and Albert Einstein. In 1903, Marić and Einstein got married, despite Einstein’s family’s objections to her age (she was three years older than he) and different cultural backgrounds. Theirs was a marriage of passion, two children, and later on, a cold divorce. read more

Mileva Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милева Марић; December 19, 1875 – August 4, 1948), sometimes called Mileva Marić-Einstein or Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn, was a Serbian mathematician. She was the only woman among Albert Einstein's fellow students at Zürich's Polytechnic and was the second woman to finish a full program of study at the Department of Mathematics and Physics. read more