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 ...

Albert Einstein wasn’t just the scientific whiz behind a famous mathematical equation. He also loved music and fought for civil rights, long before it was a movement. Photograph by PictureLux/The ...

Albert Einstein was arguably the most famous scientist of the 20th century. Most people are familiar with his iconic E=mc^2 equation, but his life and work encompassed so much more than that. For ...

Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he refused to join the Manhattan Project and the haunting moral warning he left ...

There are two important anniversaries at the end of this week. Saturday, April 19 th is the day the American Revolution against King George III and British colonialism began 250 years ago at Lexington ...

Here are just a sampling of quotes that Albert Einstein never said — but corners of the internet want to believe he did: Below, we compiled more than a dozen fact checks about Einstein, creating a ...

Romantic entanglements, political intrigue—Albert Einstein’s life went beyond scientific genius. Albert Einstein wasn’t just the scientific whiz behind a famous mathematical equation. He also loved ...