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.

Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany. Settles into a program of self-education at age 10 and begins reading as much about science as he can.

Little is known about the circumstances that led the teenage Albert Einstein not to follow through with his bar mitzvah, but the decision foreshadowed his eventual journey to figure out a ...

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.

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.

This early-stage finding is at odds with the current theory which was developed in part by Albert Einstein. More data is needed to confirm these results, but even some of the most cautious and ...

This year marks 120 years since Albert Einstein’s 'miracle year' in 1905, when he published many of his groundbreaking discoveries that revolutionised modern physics, including his famous equation, ...

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 ...

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 ...