Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...
Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.
We talked with historian of science Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era,” about the life and times of Princeton's most famous resident, ...
Astronomers observed a star wobbling around a spinning black hole, revealing rare evidence of Einstein’s frame-dragging ...
A rare manuscript featuring early calculations that led to Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity sold for just over $13 million at an auction in Paris Tuesday, becoming the most expensive ...
Albert Einstein arrived in New York on the SS Rotterdam IV; crowds of people awaited his arrival in the States. FPG / Archive Photos / Getty Images Thousands of New Yorkers lined the harbor as the ...
The flashier fruits of Albert Einstein’s century-old insights are by now deeply embedded in the popular imagination: Black holes, time warps and wormholes show up regularly as plot points in movies, ...
Albert Einstein knew how to work hard, and he also knew when to take time off. He once said, "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." Einstein's curiosity drove him as a child, ...
Albert Einstein's most iconic photo of him sticking out his tongue was almost lost to history. Editors hesitated to release it because they feared the expression ...
Are we medicating or "special educating" young geniuses out of becoming future Einsteins when their late talking is ...
Albert Einstein has long skirted a definitive understanding of who he was beyond his scientific contributions, juxtaposed between a playful rendering of his character as a wild-haired, socially inept ...
An oft-quoted saying attributed to Albert Einstein, "The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance," was most likely not said or written by him, despite the fact that hardly a day goes by ...