The grand problem that Einstein struggled with in his later years, after publishing his breakthrough works on relativity, is a problem that remains unsolved. We're talking, of course, about the ...

Einstein urged Roosevelt to fund uranium research, fearing Germany would develop an atomic bomb. After the war, the physicist expressed regret for his role in developing the bomb. His final public act ...

Graydon is the science editor at The Times Literary Supplement. He has published short fiction and has been longlisted for an Alpine Fellowship. He studied English Language and Literature at the ...

Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, long after his passing. Reading time 5 minutes Albert Einstein is ...

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. Many ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. In 1911, two of the figures who shaped the scientific and ...

Laments about the state of education are arguably as old as education is, or close to it. And they’ve always been a waste of time. That’s because knowledge isn’t bestowed on us as much as it’s created ...

The sight of Albert Einstein in the Oppenheimer trailer was like a bolt of lightning, stirring curiosities and capturing the attention of all who witnessed it. The convergence of these brilliant minds ...