Einstein's Theory of Infidelity
Albert Einstein has been revealed as a charismatic flirt and philanderer who liked to describe his extramarital affairs to his second wife and stepdaughter. A series of 1,300 letters written by the physicist were published for the first time yesterday. They are part of a batch of 3,500 bequeathed to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The letters, translated from German, portray Einstein as a heartbreaker who in one letter tells his long-suffering wife, Elsa, how some women shower him with "unwanted" affection. In another he asks his stepdaughter, Margot, to discreetly deliver a love note to his Russian lover.
Ref. https://news.independent.co.uk/world/scienc...icle1171410.ece
In all my time of studying history, I have learned some less known and interesting facts regarding Einstein. Such as the fact that he wrote a letter to convince the president to allow the Nuclear project to continue. He wrote two letters infact. He wrote these because he was so avid against war, and he thought this technology would bring the promise of war prevention by sheer fear of this weapon. He was an environmentalist and conservationist as well. But very few details about his personal life were ever taught because they weren't important. His contribution to science is what he did for the world, why bring out all this bad years after his death.
They say the line between genius and insanity is very thin. I think in Einstein's case it was blurred.
He's not the first great man in history to have his philandering record exposed, and he won't be the last.
Does this diminish the works he did? No. Does it diminish the man? Perhaps. Does it shame his family? Yes. So why was it necessary to reveal these family secrets?