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 profoundly changed physics and ideas about space and time. Learn more about his life, theories and scientific impact.

Albert Einstein is one of the most written-about figures of the 20th century, and for good reason. His theories upended the system that physicists had used to describe the world since Newton ...

Albert Einstein had no money for a tip, so he offered a messenger his thoughts on happiness instead.

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 ...

Michelle Brown places Bede (circa 673-735), often given the honorific of “venerable,” in the company of Albert Einstein, who declared: “I want to know how God created this world. I want to know His ...

Albert Einstein’s statements on philosophy and religion were often memorably resonant. What the great physicist really thought about man’s relation to infinity is hard to pin down.

Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with two 20th century geniuses.

Pi Day is Einstein's birthday. Science historian Michael Gordin, dean of the college at Princeton University, offers insights on the famous Princetonian’s life and times.

The Oppenheimer biography “American Prometheus” speculates that a 1948 Time magazine piece calling Einstein a “landmark, not a beacon” got the phrase anonymously from Oppenheimer.