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Does Mileva Mari deserve credit as a true collaborator?

Well, she helped with the math. And she put up with him, which was even harder. But a careful analysis of all their letters and later statements shows that the concepts involved were all his. This should not diminish, however, the respect she is due for overcoming most (but not all) of the obstacles facing a woman who wanted at that time to be a physicist.

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