Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in ...

After two eclipse expeditions confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity, the scientist became an international celebrity. The New York Times Archives / Photo Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito ...

Albert Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and his discovery of ...

Max Planck knocked on the door of his friend’s apartment. Albert Einstein was not home. It was Berlin, Nov. 9, 1923, and antisemitism was on the rise, just as it is now, 100 years later. High food ...