The constancy of the speed of light is a pillar of modern physics, but questions persist about its absolute universality.

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Whatever dribs of information nonscientists remember about Einstein's genius, this smartly written, handsomely produced "Nova" special fills in the blanks and then some. Given the association of the ...

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We talked with historian of science Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era,” about the life and times of Princeton's most famous resident, ...

The bizarre yet true story behind the theft of brain of the world's most famous scientist. The bizarre yet true story of the Princeton Hospital pathologist who in 1955 stole Albert Einstein's brain ...

Easily the most important opera of the last half century, “Einstein on the Beach,” at least at first, meant far more to those who witnessed it than to the art form itself, which couldn’t have cared ...