How much of a role did Albert Einstein's first wife play in the theory of relativity? In recent years, some historians have asserted that Einstein shared the credit for his research on the special ...

There is a tendency to imagine genius as smooth and uninterrupted. As if the great thinkers moved from one insight to the next without pause. Albert Einstein does not quite fit that picture. For all ...

We talked with historian of science Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era,” about the life and times of Princeton's most famous resident, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Today is March 14, known as Pi Day for the famous mathematical constant — but it’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday. And while most people recognize Einstein for his famous equation, E ...

Spread the loveMarch 14 is a date that resonates with math enthusiasts around the globe, celebrated not only as International ...

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 ...

Albert Einstein articulated his most enduring philosophy during a pivotal 1929 interview with poet and journalist George ...

Dr. Norbert Wiener, mathematician of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, last week published in the Technology Review some remarks on Mathematician Albert Einstein. Two points he made: 1) that all ...