Einstein’s Pathways to His Theories
Albert Einstein wrote several reflective pieces on the pathways that led to his theories, including his seminal works on the theory of relativity. Einstein discusses this journey most thoroughly in the essay “Autobiographical Notes”, published in 1949 in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. This book is a collection of essays by Einstein and other contributors that critically […]
What Einstein Would Say If He Were Alive Today
Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the universe and left an enduring legacy as a profound thinker on politics, society, and ethics. He died sixty-nine years ago on April 18th, 1955. If Einstein were alive to comment on the state of the world today, he would likely offer the following insights. On Global Politics and […]
How Einstein’s Mind Worked – With Hints from Neuroscience
How was Albert Einstein able to perceive what no one had before him about the nature of physical reality? This fascinating question provides the leitmotif of the multi-award-winning book, EINSTEIN: The Man and His Mind. Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the physical universe in a way no one before him had. His theories of […]
Einstein’s Death
Einstein’s Final Days Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age seventy-six. His death was mourned by family, friends, colleagues, and the world at large. Einstein had suffered from abdominal pain for decades. In 1948, he underwent exploratory surgery that revealed a large aortic aneurysm. The surgeon, Dr. Rudolph Nissen, wrapped the bulging blood […]
What is it about Albert Einstein that makes him so fascinating?
Albert Einstein is revered worldwide. His enduring popularity stems not only from his monumental contributions to physics but also his unique personality and commitment to humanitarian values. Einstein’s scientific contributions radically transformed our knowledge of the universe. His theory of relativity, comprising the special and general theories, redefined the concepts of space, time, and gravity. […]
Einstein’s Birthday and Pi Day – March 14th
Pi Day is celebrated worldwide on March 14th. This is especially true in Princeton, New Jersey, where Albert Einstein spent the latter two decades of his life. He was a familiar figure walking through town between his home at 112 Mercer Street and the Institute for Advanced Study. Pi Day is dedicated to the mathematical […]
Einstein’s Crowning Achievement
“One of the greatest achievements in the history of human thought. It is not the discovery of an outlying island but of a whole continent of new scientific ideas.”—J. J. Thomson, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society After a decade of strenuous effort, Einstein succeeded in generalizing his theory of relativity from the special case […]
Albert Einstein’s Last Signed Photograph
We believe this to be Einstein’s last signed photograph. The recipient was Andrew J. Robell, a student at Princeton in 1955. In an affidavit that accompanies the photograph, he explained the circumstances surrounding Einstein’s signature: “I learned that Albert Einstein lived at 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, a short distance from my freshman dormitory. Early […]
Einstein’s Most Famous Theory
Albert Einstein is known throughout the world for his theory of relativity. He was only 16 years old when he made his first “rather childish” thought experiments relating to it, as he later recalled. “If a person could run after a light wave with the same speed as light, you would have a wave arrangement […]
Einstein’s Most Famous Equation E=mc2
Einstein’s most famous equation, E=mc2 is also the world’s most famous equation. People often ask, what does E=mc2 mean; why is E=mc2 so famous; why is speed of light in E=mc2; and what is E=mc2 used for today? This brief article answers these questions, based on excerpts from the book, Einstein: The Man and His […]