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of light in vacuum is almost 300,000 km/s). To put it into simpler words,
Einstein said that when you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like
two minutes. On the other hand, when you sit on a hot stove for two
minutes, it seems like two hours—that’s relativity. So a person would
feel the timing differently.

While Einstein was solving the most difficult problems in physics, his
private life was unravelling.

unravelling: starting to fail

Though he was solving the complicated problems in physics for the
world, but his personal life started becoming problematic. He started to
fail in his personal life.

Albert had wanted to marry Mileva right after finishing his studies, but his
mother was against it.

Albert Einstein wanted to marry Mileva Maric soon after he finished his
studies but his mother, Pauline Einstein was against this.

She thought Mileva, who was three years older than her son, was too
old for him.

Pauline thought that Mileva Maric who was three years elder to Albert
Einstein was very old for him.

She was also bothered by Mileva‟s intelligence. “She is a book like you,”
his mother said. Einstein put the wedding off.

Pauline thought that Mileva was very intelligent to be a wife and she told
Einstein that Mileva was also like a book and was similar to him. As his
mother was against this marriage, he cancelled his wedding with Mileva.

The pair finally married in January 1903, and had two sons.