In 1902 an illegitimate daughter was born to Albert Einstein. In 1903 she vanished. The discovery in 1986 of early love letters between Albert Eins...
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Mar 26, 2010
Misha
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Written upon reading this in November 2007:
I've spent the last few weeks immersed in the world of Mileva Einstein Maric, the first wife of Albert Einstein. To be more specific, I've been reading Einstein's Daughter: The Search for Lieserl by Michele Zackheim. The book chronicles the author's efforts to solve the mystery of Mileva and Albert Einstein's daughter, born before their marriage and so considered illegitimate. The little girl disappears from the record when only a year old, an More...
I've spent the last few weeks immersed in the world of Mileva Einstein Maric, the first wife of Albert Einstein. To be more specific, I've been reading Einstein's Daughter: The Search for Lieserl by Michele Zackheim. The book chronicles the author's efforts to solve the mystery of Mileva and Albert Einstein's daughter, born before their marriage and so considered illegitimate. The little girl disappears from the record when only a year old, an More...
Aug 18, 2010
Maratara123
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Jun 27, 2011
Kristy
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What an interesting book. I had heard about the Einsteins's mysterious daughter in a radio podcast, and picked up this book at used bookstore. Women spent 5 years research and talking to people. I was half expecting it to end with a bunch of dead ends and I don't know what happened. But Im pleased to say she was thorough in her research and had backed up conclusions to wrap up the story. I will say it was also neat to read about Mileva and Albert - and certainly not making me a fan of the w
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Mar 17, 2010
Janice
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The societal influences that impact our lives each were very clearly highlighted and gave an interesting perspective not often considered. The impact on the life of Albert Einstein of these social norms was no less than those we each face on a daily basis. The lengths that some will go to in order to follow such unwritten policies is often unbelievable as in the case of this young child.
Mar 04, 2009
Tricia
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This was a very complete account of Einstein's early life and a very incomplete account, based on circumstantial evidence, of his daughter with his first wife. I didn't like Einstein much after reading this!
Sep 02, 2009
Victoria
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What I learned from this book is that Albert Einstein was a chauvinistic bastard.
Jan 05, 2012
Ok so over a hundred years ago in a strict religious part of the world, where women were treated badly, a guy and girl fell in love had a love child. Their parents wouldn't allow them to marry and kept the child hidden. The child got sick and died, and now there is no record of what happened to her. Its not a unheard of thing happening the only reason it's a book is that it was Albert Einstein.
It proves that he was a human that lived in his time. It's easy to look backwards and see so More...
It proves that he was a human that lived in his time. It's easy to look backwards and see so More...
Jul 15, 2007
Hanna
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This book gives insight into the personal lives and messes of a legend as well as the difficulty in reconstructing the lives of those that lived in Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
Jul 31, 2008
Dymphna
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A lot of background detail about a lot of people and very little "pay off" at the end, made for a frustrating book. A bit anticlimactic to read.
Jul 18, 2009
Monica
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interesting search.. disappointing result .. but hauntingly accurate for the era
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