Mileva Maric was born in 1875 in Titel, Serbia and died in Zurich, Switzerland in 1948 at the age of 72. She grew up as a bright, highly intelligent young woman with an inquisitive mind, particularly in mathematics and science. Mileva entered an all-boys primary school when she was 15 years old. Although she was the only woman in the school, she quickly demonstrated her intelligence by achieving top grades in mathematics and physics. After graduating, she was accepted into the Zurich Polytechnic, now known as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where she met the man who later became her husband, Albert. To his dismay, he failed his first round of exams in 1900 and prepared to take them again. Before she could complete the second tests, she found out she was pregnant but decided to stick to her plan to complete the tests. However, he failed for the second time. She gave birth to her daughter, Lieserl in 1902. Records are unclear whether the child died or was given up for adoption, but she does not appear to have raised a daughter. Albert and Mileva finally married in 1903 but divorced in 1914. During their marriage she had two more sons, Hans Albert and Eduard. Their marriage began to falter in 1912, when Albert began speaking to his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal. They had an extramarital affair. In the summer of 1914, Albert insisted that he and Mileva divorce to allow him to continue his affair with his cousin. Their divorce was finalized in 1919. In the divorce proceedings, she would receive all the money he would earn tied to winning the Nobel Peace Prize. She used all the money to buy three houses, to care for her schizophrenic son, Eduard, and to look after her when she became ill. She died poor... full of paper... scientific content, not to mention the claim to report her ideas. Her letters suggest that she was his partner in science, but there was never any actual indication from her. Although there are compelling reasons to believe that he helped Einstein with his collected works, I do not believe that he assisted him with his scientific research. theories. There are only three pieces of evidence that suggest for or against her being his assistant. The strongest information came from Abram Joffe's testimony regarding scientific articles in their most original form that would be edited during review. There is no concrete evidence that those conversations between Mileva and her Serbian friend actually took place. Finally, she never suggested to herself that she had been Albert's lab partner and would have been the only one who could have clearly demonstrated if she had been his assistant..