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Marie Benedict
Hi Denise! While Rachel is correct that there is a reading group guide at the back of THE OTHER EINSTEIN, I am also happy to take your individual book club questions and answer them for you! This is true for any book club. Schedule permitting, I can also appear via Skype. Thanks for selecting the book for your club, and I hope you enjoy!
Marie Benedict
Marie Benedict
Sara
I know this is a bit late, however hopefully this helps.
1) Would you recommend this for middle school readers?
2) Who among us can tell us anything about Einstein's wife, Mitza Maric?
3) Why did Albert mistreat Mileva like that? Was he a liar? Was he a wife beater?
4) Why wasn't Albert interested in Lieserl?
5) Given how Mileva saw the world and how desperately she must have loved her daughter, isn't it possible that the loss of Lieserl could have inspired Mileva's to create the theory of special relativity?
6) Did Lieserl die or was she adopted?
7) Did Albert refuse to see or even acknowledge Lieserl?
8) Why devote so many pages to detailing the minutiae of a courtship when the title tells you how it ends?
9) Are there wonderful conversations between Einstein and Maric?
10) Was she a victim of the blatant sexism of the time?
11) Was she the person who first comprehended the theory of relativity? Did he steal it from her?
12) Was Einstein as cold and perverse as some events in this book would make him seem?
13) Was Albert really like that? Did he skip lots of classes?
14) Did he feel love for this woman? For any woman?
15) What would she have achieved if she had never met Einstein?
16) If he was willing to cheat on her and leave her for weeks on end and blame her for everything bad that happened to him and then left her and kids to run away to US with his wife/cousin how can anyone be sure he didn't steal 50% of her ideals to win a Noble Prize?
17) Why would he give her all the money from that Prize? Not 25%, not 50% but all?
18) Did Mileva deserve credit, or is this just plot device?
19) For such an educated woman, why did she seemingly eschew her education and passion to be a housewife?
20) Is this a good story?
21) How many theories or discoveries we might attribute to the wrong people?
22) Can reality live up to those youthful dreams?
23) How far will a man go to further his career?
1) Would you recommend this for middle school readers?
2) Who among us can tell us anything about Einstein's wife, Mitza Maric?
3) Why did Albert mistreat Mileva like that? Was he a liar? Was he a wife beater?
4) Why wasn't Albert interested in Lieserl?
5) Given how Mileva saw the world and how desperately she must have loved her daughter, isn't it possible that the loss of Lieserl could have inspired Mileva's to create the theory of special relativity?
6) Did Lieserl die or was she adopted?
7) Did Albert refuse to see or even acknowledge Lieserl?
8) Why devote so many pages to detailing the minutiae of a courtship when the title tells you how it ends?
9) Are there wonderful conversations between Einstein and Maric?
10) Was she a victim of the blatant sexism of the time?
11) Was she the person who first comprehended the theory of relativity? Did he steal it from her?
12) Was Einstein as cold and perverse as some events in this book would make him seem?
13) Was Albert really like that? Did he skip lots of classes?
14) Did he feel love for this woman? For any woman?
15) What would she have achieved if she had never met Einstein?
16) If he was willing to cheat on her and leave her for weeks on end and blame her for everything bad that happened to him and then left her and kids to run away to US with his wife/cousin how can anyone be sure he didn't steal 50% of her ideals to win a Noble Prize?
17) Why would he give her all the money from that Prize? Not 25%, not 50% but all?
18) Did Mileva deserve credit, or is this just plot device?
19) For such an educated woman, why did she seemingly eschew her education and passion to be a housewife?
20) Is this a good story?
21) How many theories or discoveries we might attribute to the wrong people?
22) Can reality live up to those youthful dreams?
23) How far will a man go to further his career?
Shann Anderson
Hi Marie - love this book - did you write part 2 or was that someone else's perspective? Ditto Denise - can you cc me the answers too for the book club questions? My sister is leading the group and I want her to give the correct ideas from your book specifically - I saw that there are different opinions on the facts from other people. it can get confusing for her.
Kdooley
The other Einstein
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