"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the most influential scientists of the 20 th century, Albert Einstein is well-known for developing ...

Einstein later regretted the letter for its ultimate role in helping to develop the atomic bomb. The letter belonged to late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The new owner's identity is unknown. In ...

In 1947, Albert Einstein meets with J. Robert Oppenheimer. While Einstein did not work on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, his scientific discoveries had laid the groundwork for ...

I’ve uncovered more details since Frank Shatz’s column, “Williamsburg man looks to Einstein’s FBI files, words for questions on atomic bomb” was published December 22. In researching Albert Einstein’s ...

Here’s a Times Union reporter’s account of his interview with the physicist in the days after two atomic bombs fell on Japan The front page of the Times Union on Aug. 12, 1945, featured an exclusive ...

JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the smallest scale ever, showing that two tiny atomic clocks, ...

Einstein's 1939 letter to Roosevelt, warning of atomic weapons, sold at auction for $3.9 million. Einstein later regretted the letter for its ultimate role in helping to develop the atomic bomb. The ...