How Einstein's wife spent all his Nobel Prize money

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You know, Einstein's Jewish in Germany at the time.
He's slow in learning how to talk.
First time he applies to the Zurich Polytechnic,
he gets rejected.
Now it's the second best school in Zurich
and they're rejecting Einstein.
I tried to find, but couldn't,
the name of the admissions counselor
at the Zurich Polytechnic.
Like, you rejected Einstein?
He even tries to get a job and they won't take him.
And yet he's sitting there on the stool
in the patent office in 1905
and writes three papers that totally transform science.
Maleva, his first wife, was a sounding board
and helped with the mathematics,
but he didn't treat her well.
And finally, when she wanted a divorce,
he couldn't afford it.
He offered her a deal, which is, I think, totally amazing.
One of these days, one of those papers from 1905
is gonna win the Nobel Prize.
I'll give you the money.
That was a lot of money back then,
like a million dollars now or something.
She takes the bet.
It's not until, what, 1919 that he wins his Nobel Prize?
And she gets all the money.
She buys three apartment buildings in Zurich.
