A brief biography of Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955), the scientist whose theories changed the way we think about the universe.

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, on this day in history, March 14, 1879. He was just 26 years old when he proposed his groundbreaking theory of relativity.

The Einsteinian Revolution: The Historical Roots of His Breakthroughs Jürgen Renn and Hanoch Gutfreund Princeton Univ. Press (2023) German physicist Albert Einstein died in 1955, and yet he is ...

Albert Einstein's discoveries changed our concept of gravity by adding revolutionary layers to Isaac Newton's theories. Here's what else Einstein did.

Albert Einstein did not merely drift away from school; he broke from it with the quiet force of a mind unwilling to be shackled. At fifteen, he walked out of Munich’s Luitpold Gymnasium–a ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and cartoonist Ken Krimstein about his new graphic novel, "Einstein in Kafkaland." It visualizes the time Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague and met.

Mihalis Dafermos holds the Lowndean Chair of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge, UK. Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat was a giant of the mathematical study of Albert Einstein’s general ...