Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist, best known for his mass-energy equivalence formula (E = mc 2) and his development of the theory of relativity. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in ...

Gravitational distortions produced by distant galaxies show a slight—but notable—disagreement with Einstein's predictions.

Albert Einstein is one of the most written-about figures of the ... Samuel Graydon’s “Einstein in Time and Space” is not an exhaustive biography. Instead it presents 99 vignettes, most of them one to ...

Albert Einstein was much more than a scientific genius. From his political beliefs to his hatred of socks, here are some ...

Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect” but is best known for his ...

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.

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