Excerpted from “ Relativity: The Special and the General Theory 100th Anniversary Edition ” by Albert Einstein with Commentaries and Background Material by Hanoch ...

Thus, his reflections, still popular today, reaffirm that his legacy is not limited to great scientific advances but also to ...

Kitty Ferguson is the author of the biography “Stephen Hawking: A Life Well Lived” and “The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion, and the Search for God.” Few books about events a century ago ...

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Two of the 20th century's greatest minds, one of them physicist Albert Einstein, came to intellectual blows one day in Paris in 1922. Their dispute, before a learned audience, was about the nature of ...

Sometimes it seems like every year offers an occasion to celebrate some sort of Einstein anniversary. In 2015, everybody lauded the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity. Last year, ...

Who was Einstein? Why is he still so alive? / Gerald Holton -- A short history of Einstein's paradise beyond the personal / Lorraine Daston -- Einstein's Jewish identity / Hanoch Gutfreund -- Einstein ...

Last week's announcement of the direct detection of gravitational waves proved, once again, the enduring power of Albert Einstein's scientific vision. Once again, Einstein was right in that this ...

Albert Einstein once modestly remarked that he had just a "couple of ideas" in his scientific career. Though few in number, these ideas garnered Einstein enduring notoriety. Recently, however, ...

Those architects of modern education obsessed with abandoning the humanities in favor of the so-called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and math) should pause to consider the words of ...

‘The theory produces a good deal but hardly brings us closer to the secret of the Old One,’ wrote Albert Einstein in December 1926. ‘I am at all events convinced that He does not play dice.’ Einstein ...