Einstein’s Pathways to His Theories
Albert Einstein wrote several reflective pieces on his intellectual development and the pathways that led to his theories, including his seminal works on the theory of relativity. Einstein discusses this journey in the essay “Autobiographical Notes,” published in 1949...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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’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...
Questions and Answers About Albert Einstein
Q: What did Einstein say about imagination? A: Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” This quote is featured on the opening page and the back cover of Einstein: The Man and His Mind. In it,...
Albert Einstein’s First Signed Photo
Albert Einstein's First Signed Photo Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein that were taken before he became famous are extremely rare. The first image of Einstein shown in Einstein: The Man and His Mind (page 16) is the earliest known signed Einstein photo. We believe...
Albert Einstein’s Miracle Year – Time is Not Absolute
Albert Einstein published four ground-breaking papers in rapid succession in 1905 in Annalen der Physik. They are his "miracle year" papers. Einstein was a clerk 3rd class at the Swiss patent office in Bern at the time, having been unable to obtain an academic...
Einstein’s Nobel Prize Address Centennial
Einstein's Nobel Lecture Centennial Albert Einstein gave his Nobel prize lecture entitled Fundamental Ideas and Problems of the Theory of Relativity on July 11, 1923. The centennial of this event is a reminder of the remarkable history of Einstein's Nobel prize and...
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