When an extraordinary cache of love letters written by Albert Einstein to his first wife between 1898 and 1903 went up for auction last December, the historic collection was expected to fetch up to $2 ...

It’s April 1, 1911, and 32-year-old Albert Einstein — former bureaucrat at the Swiss Patent Office, with a half-decade old doctorate in physics from the University of Zurich — sits in a train car with ...

The collection of items belonged to Albert Einstein's sister, Maja Einstein. Albert Einstein sits with page of equations in his home library. Alfred Eisenstaedt/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture ...

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 prestigious ...

Extreme politics and wars today are causing scientists to offer displaced colleagues office and laboratory space. In the 1930s, in the turbulent years leading up to the Second World War, similar ...

Sprinkling in some fiction is a great way to get people to learn history – at least according to former Rep. Steve Israel, upon release of his book The Einstein Conspiracy. Israel, who represented New ...

The widow of a billionaire financier made a landmark donation to cover tuition for students at a New York City medical school in perpetuity. Ruth Gottesman donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein ...

Ruth Gottesman's monumental $1 billion contribution to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine marks a groundbreaking moment, ensuring free tuition for both present and future students. David Begnaud ...

Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will no longer have to pay tuition after the school received a $1 billion donor gift. Ruth Gottesman, who is chairperson of the college's board of ...