Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in ...

Michael Gordin is the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University and the Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. This spring, Gordin is teaching a class ...

Despite being depicted as friends in "Oppenheimer," history tells us that there was more to the relationship between Albert ...

Albert Einstein was arguably the most famous scientist of the 20th century. Most people are familiar with his iconic E=mc^2 equation, but his life and work encompassed so much more than that. For ...

Tonight the History Channel premieres its documentary Secrets of Einstein's Brain at 9PM EST/ 8PM Central. While most scientists and science media have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Amid growing political unrest in Germany, Albert Einstein paid three short visits to Oxford in the early 1930s. Andrew Robinson reveals why this celebrated physicist travelled to Britain and how ...

From the terrace of The Willows, the winter home of famous New York attorney Samuel Untermyer on Jan. 25, 1931, the world-renown physicist Albert Einstein made a pronouncement: "This is so beautiful ...

Variations Theatre Group presents the world-premiere of Jay Prasad's new play, Einstein. Directed by OBIE Award winner Randolph Curtis Rand, Einstein follows the turbulent life of the renowned ...