The second half of the quote — "does not play dice" — is often misunderstood, too. It's not an affirmation of destiny. The phrase refers to one of the most important theories in modern physics ...

A solar eclipse in 1919 was the watershed moment for his career, when one of his general relativity predictions was confirmed by astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington. Einstein went on to win the Nobel ...

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his "services to theoretical physics". After becoming an American citizen, he began working at Princeton, where he stayed well after his ...

Einstein spoke eloquently on a number of topics beyond physics, from ambition to living a happy life. Here are 30 of Einstein's best quotes. Each will take you inside the mind of the legend.

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s favorite physics books of 2020 cover an impressive span of time: from the very beginning of our universe until the very end. How do the questions Galileo faced in the ...

Writer Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize for his book Time Shelter. The Physics of Sorrow, an earlier novel, now has an English translation by Angela Rodel.

As the technologies we use become more quantum in nature, it follows that everyone should have a basic understanding of quantum physics. To explore how quantum physics can be taught to the masses, I ...