The math problem given to Albert Einstein by Max Wertheimer that supposedly stumped him is the following (via FS): "An old clattery auto is to drive a stretch of 2 miles, up and down a hill ...

There’s an apocryphal story that still occasionally surfaces about how Albert Einstein flunked math in the fourth grade. That’s not true. But he did occasionally need help with his math. One ...

Einstein modestly said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” In a similar vein, he also said, “I have no special talents. I am only passionately ...

This story first appeared on The Muse, a Web destination with exciting job opportunities and expert career advice. Eat. Sleep. Solve problems. Repeat. You probably spend a large part of your ...

Sometimes, when I'm struggling to solve a problem at my desk, I'll hop on my bike and pretend that I’m Albert Einstein peddling along with a playful smile on his face (in the image above).

In early May 1952, 73-year-old Albert Einstein took a break from his three-decade pursuit of a unified field theory to provide a 14-year-old some help with a geometry problem. The request for aid had ...