If Albert Einstein Wins the Nobel Prize…

I was listening to the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish (highly recommended) when I learned that Einstein used his Nobel Prize money as a divorce settlement to his first wife…the only catch being that he divorced her in 1919 and won the Nobel Prize in 1921. The podcast characterized this as: “If I win the Nobel Prize, I’ll give you the money.” Amazing! Imagine being so confident in your Nobel Prize chances! (I guess if you are Einstein, you would be that confident.) 

I couldn’t find the contract myself, although the story was verified by Time and also shows up on Wikipedia. 

I know I just found a new go-to hypo to use in class.