Mileva Mirec was born with a hip defect that made her limp. Convinced that this made her unattractive and unsuitable for marriage, she threw herself into the study of the mathematics and physics she loved. Luckily her father supported her studies. Even luckier she met a young brilliant physicist who seemed to find her mind attractive enough to propose marriage. His name was Albert Einstein. Unfortunately Mileva was expected to step back from her studies to raise their children. However she never stopped grappling with the tricky questions that Albert shared. As their marriage unravels, a trip on a train causes her to provide a specific perspective on one of those problems. Mileva disappears into obscurity. Albert develops his Theory of Relativity but whose idea was it really?
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