Albert Einstein wasn’t just the scientific whiz behind a famous mathematical equation. He also loved music and fought for civil rights, long before it was a movement. Photograph by PictureLux/The ...

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 ...

Walter Isaacson, former managing editor of Time magazine and author of best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger, has turned his attention to the 20th century's scientific ...

Throughout his life, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a pop star of science. He had his "Annus mirabilis" (Latin for "miracle year") in 1905 when at age 26 he'd published several groundbreaking works.

Origins of genius. Victorian childhood ; Coming of age ; Annus mirabilis ; Only the beginning -- "The happiest thought of my life." Interlude one. The romance of many dimensions ; Glimpsing a solution ...