Mileva Maric (1875, Serbia-1948, Zurich) coñeceu a Albert Einstein en 1896 no instituto Politécnico Federal de Zurich estudando a carreira de Física. Ela era a única muller inscrita en matemáticas e foi a primeira muller que se licenciou en Física.

A nai de Einstein, unha alemá misóxina e xenófoba, non veu nunca con bos ollos á serbia.

Mileva e Albert se namoraron de inmediato, porque compartían moitos intereses.

Existen varias cartas da época de noivos, nas que Einstein debate con ela as súas ideas da relatividade e inclusive se refire á "nosa teoría" e lle da trato de colega.

A partires destas evidencias, o investigador E.H. Walker concluiu que as ideas fundamentais da teoría da relatividade foron de Mileva Maric quen non puido terminar a carreira por ter que facerse cargo do coidado dos fillos; a súa primeira filla morreu ó ano e medio de idade. Máis tarde tiveron dous fillos, un cunha enfermidade mental, que esixiu máis coidados dela.

Einstein levouse todo o crédito da teoría. Co paso do tempo a relación deteriorouse porque ela xa non lle resultaba divertida.

Einstein divorciouse e volveu casar cunha curmá, Elsa, separada e con dúas fillas.

Dalgunha maneira lle pagou a Mileva a súa aportación á teoría da Relatividade ó outorgarlle o diñeiro do Nobel de física, oito anos despois do divorcio. Mileva morreu soa e olvidada, en Zurich, en 1948.

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RELATIONSHIP WITH EINSTEIN

Initially, Maric did well in her courses. She spent a semester in Heidelberg, Germany. While she was away, Maric began corresponding with Einstein. He nicknamed her "Dollie" and urged her to come back soon. Their friendship turned into a relationship after her return. Wjile her parents accepted the match, Einstein's parents opposed their relationship. They did not like the fact that Maric was several years older than him and was from a different religious and cultural background.

While her relatioship flourished with Einstein, Maric struggled in her studies. She failed her final exams in 1900. Einstein graduated that year and looked for work.  Staying on Zurich, Maric worked in a lab and prepared to retake her tests. But again her efforts were met with failure. Around this time, Maric discovered that she was pregnant with Einstein's child.

Living with her family, Maric gave birth to her daughter Lieserl, in early 1902. Stories vary as what happened to her. Some say that the girl was eventually given up for adoption. The last known mention of her is in a 1903 letter, which indicated that she had scarlet fever.