"Annus Mirabilis," or "miraculous year" is a capsule biography of Einstein folded into a "Relativity for Dummies" handbook. Its first 137 pages offer basic and lucid accounts of Einstein's ideas ...

(LONDON) — A rare manuscript by Albert Einstein that changed the course of modern science was just sold for over 13.3 million euros (over $15 million), including fees, beating all predictions. The ...

In the middle of Walter Isaacson's presentation Wednesday afternoon at the Aspen Institute, his laptop computer flashed a message on the screen: "Your battery is fully charged."It was an apt metaphor ...

Walter Isaacson’s 704-page, 2.4-pound biography of Albert Einstein may not provide a solution to the great question that nagged the physicist to the day he died – but thanks to Isaacson's access to a ...

On May 29, 1919, a solar eclipse forever altered our conception of gravity, rewrote the laws of physics and turned a 40-year-old, wild-haired scientist into a global celebrity - the very ...

Origins of genius. Victorian childhood ; Coming of age ; Annus mirabilis ; Only the beginning -- "The happiest thought of my life." Interlude one. The romance of many dimensions ; Glimpsing a solution ...

As an intimate friend of Einstein, the author of this work is in a position to reveal some interesting details of Einstein's life and mental outlook. The great scientific work of the founder of ...

When asked his view of religion, Albert Einstein often invoked a 17th-century Dutch philosopher. “I believe in Spinoza’s God,” Einstein told a New York rabbi in 1929. What exactly he meant by that has ...

BEIJING — Israel has canceled an Albert Einstein exhibit in China after Chinese officials demanded the removal of references to his being Jewish and a supporter of creating a Jewish state, an Israeli ...