Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, on this day in history, March 14, 1879. He was just 26 years old when he proposed his groundbreaking theory of relativity.

Time Line of Albert Einstein's Life 1879 Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany. 1884 ...

As one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century, Albert Einstein has become synonymous with genius. He taught himself geometry and calculus while living in Germany in his teens before ...

Albert Einstein Publishes Theory of Relativity 1905 A.D. The first of his many seminal contributions to twentieth century science, relativity recognizes the speed of light as the absolute speed ...

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Albert Einstein warned that the time would come when the very rich so controlled the means of communication that it would be almost impossible for ordinary people to make informed decisions.

A mushroom cloud towers over Nagasaki after the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1945. Albert Einstein struggled with his role in the creation of the bomb and the devastation wrought by the U.S ...

In August 1939, Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt notifying him of novel research that could lead to the production of an atomic bomb.

Marcel Grossmann (left) and Michele Besso (right), university friends of Albert Einstein (centre), both made important contributions to general relativity.

Throughout history Albert Einstein's first wife, Mileva Marić, was practically written out of the great physicist's story. Later she was credited as a secret collaborator on his most famous theories.

Albert Einstein's dreams have been analysed, his love life scrutinized, his letters parsed. His brain has been dissected and driven 5,000 kilometres across the United States. In a way, he has ...

The owner of a Jerusalem auction house holds up a note on happiness written by Albert Einstein in 1922. The note, which Einstein gave to a courier in lieu of a tip, sold for $1.56 million on ...