Einstein wished to be burned after his death, but one man with a scalpel and a jar of mayonnaise had other ideas.

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, ...

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

As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s Nobel prize, it’s worth reflecting on the fact that most students will never study Einstein’s physics or their applications in a wide variety ...

Generally speaking, general relativity is not the sort of physics that offers much fodder for amateurs. Its mathematical intricacies were too much even for Einstein at first. He struggled for years to ...

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, ...

An elderly Albert Einstein, played by Geoffrey Rush, blows out a candle on a birthday cake in the final episode of National Geographic Channel’s “Genius” TV series. (National Geographic Channel Photo) ...

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 ...

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 ...