Albert Einstein’s name is synonymous with “genius,” and his wild hair is a trope of its own for mad scientists and professors in popular culture. Einstein’s discoveries led to modern-day inventions ...

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, ...

Beyond his towering contribution to physics, Albert Einstein was an avid commentator on education, marriage, money, the nature of genius, music-making, politics and more. His insights were legion, as ...

A brief biography of Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955), the scientist whose theories changed the way we think about the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), whose entreaty to President Franklin Roosevelt helped lay groundwork for the creation of the atomic bomb, famously worried about the potential for science and ...

Albert Einstein’s so-called God letter first surfaced in 2008, when it fetched four hundred and four thousand dollars in a sale at a British auction house. The letter came back into the news earlier ...