In Albert's Shadow: The Life and Letters of Mileva Maric, Einstein's First Wife
Edited by Milan Popovic

One of the first women to study physics at a European university, Serbian-born Mileva Maric met and fell in love with a young physicist whose revolutionary theories would shortly transform our understanding of the universe. After the couple divorced in 1916, Albert Einstein went on to international fame while Mileva would spend the rest of her life wrestling with depression and raising two sons.

The subject of much speculation on the part of Einstein biographers, Mileva Einstein's life has remained largely a mystery. Now, a collection of 70 letters written by Mileva to her best friend, Helene Savic, and published for the first time by Helene's grandson, Milan Popovic, in the new book In Albert's Shadow, brings Mileva and Albert's marriage into focus more sharply than ever before. Spanning four decades, these letters offer a less than flattering view of Albert Einstein's private life; provide a compelling portrait of a supportive and brilliant woman whose husband betrayed her deep affections; and depict the circle of family, colleagues and friends within which Albert flourished and Mileva foundered.
(October, 200 pages, $24.95 hardcover)

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