New letters reveal mysteries of Einstein's love life

[icymist]

New letters reveal mysteries of Einstein's love life
By Corinne Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Albert Einstein had half a dozen girlfriends and told his wife they showered him with "unwanted" affection, according to letters released on Monday that shed light on his extra-marital affairs.

The wild-haired Jewish-German scientist, renowned for his theory of relativity, spent little time at home. He lectured in Europe and in the United States, where he died in 1955 at age 76. But Einstein wrote hundreds of letters to his family.

Previous-released letters suggested his marriage in 1903 to his first wife Mileva Maric, mother of his two sons, was miserable. They divorced in 1919 and he soon married his cousin, Elsa. He cheated on her with his secretary, Betty Neumann.

In the new volume of letters released on Monday by Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Einstein described about six women with whom he spent time with and received gifts from while being married to Elsa.

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[1620rock]

1. Yup, all you need is love. n/t

[shain from kane]

2. Einstein rolls the dice with his love life. n/t

[xchrom]

3. the theory of relativity.

[Bolo Boffin]

4. If you can't be with the one you love, honey....

...love the one you're with!

[politicat]

5. In other words, he was a normal human being.

Because most of us have an average of 7 sexual partners over the course of a lifetime. Because historically, marriages have rarely lasted as much as 15 years (though usually death or informal divorce was the solution rather than a formal divorce).

Wow. Being a genius doesn't free a person from being a sexual creature. What insight.

/sarcasm.