10. While Einstein was solving the most difficult problems in physics, his private life was unravelling. Albert wanted to marry Mileva right after finishing his studies, but his mother was against it. She thought Mileva who was three year older than her son, was too old for him. She was always bothered by Mileva's intelligence. "She is a book like you", his mother said. Einstein put the wedding off.
11. The pair finally married in January 1903 and had two sons. But a few years later, the marriage faltered. Mileva, meanwhile, Was losing her intellectual ambition and becoming an unhappy housewife. After years of constant fighting, the couple finally divorced in 1919. Einstein married his cousin Elsa the same year.
12. Einstein's new personal chapter coincided with his rise to world fame. In 1915 he had published his general theory of relativity which provided a new interpretation of gravity. An Eclipse of the sun in 1919 brought proof that it was accurate. Einstein had correctly calculated in advance the extent to which the light from fixed stars would be deflected through the sun's gravitational field. The newspaper proclaimed his work as "a scientific revolution".
13. Einstein received the Nobel prize for physics in 1921. He was showered with honors and invitations from all over the world, and lauded by the press.
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