Who is a genius? This question has fascinated humankind for centuries—and it bedeviled us in putting together the cover story of this month’s issue. Let’s stipulate: Einstein was a genius.

There is a parlor game physics students play: Who was the greater genius? Galileo or Kepler ... The other is Albert Einstein. If pressed, physicists give Newton pride of place, but it's a ...

Without Eddington, relativity would have gone unproven, and Einstein would have never become the icon of genius. Eddington was Einstein's most essential ally, though they did not meet until years ...

Only those with the sharpest minds will be able to crack this deceptively difficult brainteaser while racing against the clock. If you manage to solve it - you really are a modern day genius ...

Put your intellect to the ultimate test and discover whether you are in fact the genius you boast you are with this impossible hard riddle that needs to be solved in mere seconds ...

Einstein’s brain represents potential, the ability of one exceptional mind, one genius, to catapult ahead of everyone else. “He saw differently from the rest of us,” says visitor Karen O ...

A TV series on the iconic scientist focuses on his life outside of science — including romance, violence and politics. NEW YORK (JTA) — Think “Albert Einstein,” and certain images or ...

Einstein had a birthday ... It wasn't obvious that he was a genius. Actually, he didn't talk until he was nearly 3. At school he did not try hard in subjects that bored him.

Those issues as well as one of atomic paternity are raised, oh so eloquently, by “Einstein and the Bomb,” a moving and even poetic mixed-media meditation on Albert Einstein, his life after Hit ...

Vashishtha Narayan Singh, an exceptional Indian mathematician, achieved remarkable milestones in his career, collaborating ...

Sean Kane contributed to an earlier version of this story. On the passing of time On being happy On education On the mystery of physics On praise On humans' understanding of time On evil On ...

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