Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in ...

1996: The Sears Tower’s 23-year reign as the world’s tallest building apparently came to an end. Completed a month earlier than expected, steel spires were placed atop the twin Petronas Towers in ...

Most people know Albert Einstein as the mind behind E = mc². You might also have heard the story that he struggled in school or failed math. That image of a lone genius has stuck for years. But when ...

Albert Einstein was approached in November 1952 to consider the presidency of Israel following Chaim Weizmann's death. He ...

Netflix has released a new docudrama titled Einstein and the Bomb, that narrates the story of the German-born theoretical physicist's life and career. Interestingly, this project used archival footage ...

The celebrated scientist transformed our understanding of space, time and energy but also of imagination, knowledge and life.

Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife for his ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 14, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert ...