What did Mileva Marić study at Zurich Polytechnic?
Marić enrolled in the diploma course to teach physics and mathematics in secondary schools, section VIA, at Zurich Polytechnic in the fall of 1896. Her coursework included differential and integral calculus, mechanics, theoretical physics, experimental physics, and astronomy. She was the only woman among six students in her group and the fifth woman ever to enter that section.
Did Mileva Marić contribute to Einstein's 1905 papers?
The question remains unresolved. Some historians argue she made no significant scientific contribution, pointing to John Stachel's analysis showing Einstein used "our" in general statements but "I" and "my" for specific ideas. Others cite Marić's own remark to a Serbian friend that "we finished some important work that will make my husband world famous," and Hans Albert Einstein's recollection that his parents worked together in the evenings.
What happened to Mileva Marić and Albert Einstein's daughter Lieserl?
Lieserl was born in late January 1902 near Novi Sad. She contracted scarlet fever at around age one and sustained permanent damage. Some sources say she died in 1903; others suggest she was placed for adoption in Serbia. Einstein never met her.
What did Mileva Marić do with Einstein's Nobel Prize money?
Their 1919 divorce agreement stipulated that Einstein would accept the Nobel Prize and Marić would receive the money, which happened in 1922. The prize money was held in trust for their sons, with Marić able to draw on the interest. She eventually invested it in three apartment buildings in Zürich, living in the five-story house at Huttenstrasse 62.
When and where did Mileva Marić die?
Mileva Marić died on the 4th of August 1948 in Zürich at age 72 following a severe stroke. She was buried at the Nordheim-Cemetery in Zürich, where a memorial gravestone was dedicated in June 2009.
How has Mileva Marić been commemorated after her death?
In 2005, the ETH and the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster unveiled a memorial plaque on her former residence at Huttenstrasse 62 in Zürich, and a bust was placed in Sremska Mitrovica. A memorial gravestone was dedicated at Nordheim-Cemetery in June 2009. A high school in her birthplace of Titel is named after her, and a bust stands on the campus of the University of Novi Sad.