Oh, I just learned that Einstein was leaning on his wife for the mathematical parts of his theories, and that she was probably a crucial part of his success.

As a scientist, I'm a bit ashamed I did not know that.

Yet another example of marginalization of women in sciences!

#science #feminism #women

@sojournTime Well, I guess it is hard to know for sure what she did exactly. But the article on Wikipedia seems to offer some views on the subject (footnotes 37 to 44).

But thanks for the reminder that the story is not that clear :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_E

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