Over four months, March through June 1905, Albert Einstein produced four papers that revolutionized science. One explained how to measure the size of molecules in a liquid, a second posited how to ...

Albert Einstein was well known for his thought experiments involving complex scientific ideas. Often he used real-world examples that helped non-scientists grasp his theories of relativity.

Albert Einstein is one of the most recognized and well-known scientists of the century. His theories solved centuries-old problems in physics and rocked even non-physicists' view of the world.

Albert Einstein had described the special theory of relativity in 1905. The result of Einstein's thinking about light, this theory introduced brand-new ideas to science. It opened up an entire ...

You may know Albert Einstein as the physicist who taught us the theory of relativity. Or maybe you know him as that guy who created that formula E=mc² that proved matter can be turned into energy.

Three years later, in 1942, the Manhattan Project officially launched. Albert Einstein (center) celebrates his 70th birthday at the Institute for Advanced Study with J. Robert Oppenheimer (second ...