A review by bsmith27
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

3.0

I think I would have liked this book more if it had been true to facts. It however, was an interesting story based upon historical figures. It is the love story of Albert Einstein in his first wife mitva. They meet at college where they are both pursuing degrees. She ends up pregnant and has the baby. Albert graduates and then she goes to meet up with him. In the story she leaves the child with her parents and the baby contracts scarlet fever and dies. Albert, at this point is seen as a person who's not very likable. He didn't seem to care about the child that died and really doesn't want to marry her. They do end up married and she has two boys with Tammy. In the book steals her ideas constantly and does not give her credit for. They end up divorced with him supporting her from the Noel Peace prize money. The book contends that she actually should have won the Nebo Greece prize. The truth of the story is that there's no reason to believe he was a terrible person. He definitely had an affair and end up marrying that woman. Pat, but in the book he is quite cruel and abusive. It also doesn't seem like she had as much contributions to his work as the author would like you to think. Nevertheless, it would be a great story