The real story here takes place on April 18 th, 1955 in the dank, dark morgue of Princeton Hospital. The recently deceased Albert Einstein, contemplating calculations until his final breath, lays ...

After Einstein died in 1955, pathologist Thomas Harvey removed and preserved the physicist’s brain. He took dozens of black and white photos from various angles before the brain was cut into 240 ...

Albert Einstein’s brain, Roland Barthes once wrote, “is a mythical object.” His genius is immortalized in the public ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research shows ...

Albert Einstein was well known for his thought experiments involving complex scientific ideas. Often he used real-world examples that helped non-scientists grasp his theories of relativity.

"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well." —Albert ...

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 ...