As time passed, the letters reveal their relationship becoming personal, to the disapproval to Einstein's family. Einstein confided in Mileva that his mother told him: 'You are ruining your future ...

She then returns to her parents' home to give birth to her child. Einstein moves to Bern. In January, Maric gives birth to their daughter, Lieserl, whom they eventually put up for adoption.

Others, especially the surviving members of the Einstein family, were not so kind. And this is where Paterniti's cross country odyssey comes in. The idea started as an article for Harper's Weekly ...

Einstein's early years did not mark him as a genius. His parents worried because he was so slow to learn to speak. Although his family was Jewish, he attended a Catholic elementary school ...