The precious legacy: In 1905, the ideas of an employee of the Swiss Patent Office changed the world forever. His legacy lives on in the modern generation of physicists who strive to create a theory of everything.
A century of Einstein: Scientific American presented Einstein's theories - along with their improvements and the reactions they caused - since scientists began to understand the significance of his groundbreaking publications in 1905. Here are some excerpts from our news reports, some expressed by leading physicists of the time.
Powers of the Universe unite!: In an article in Scientific American in 1950, Einstein outlined his long-awaited unified theory. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Einstein in our everyday life: Are you finding your way through a dense forest with a GPS device in hand? Hanging a picture on the wall using a laser level? Making photocopies? For all these, you have Einstein to thank.
Emerging atomic technologies: A new generation of technological innovations aims to practically apply Einstein's theories to computers, hospitals, and even submarines.
Einstein's compass: How did the magnetic properties of a small iron rod distract Einstein from his efforts to perfect the famous general theory of relativity?
Was Einstein right?: Unlike almost all of his contemporaries, Einstein believed that quantum mechanics would give way to a classical theory. Nowadays, some researchers tend to agree with him.
Violations of relativity: In their quest to shed light on evidence that could lead them to a Final Theory, scientists are searching for phenomena that contradict Einstein's principle, the questioning of which was once considered sacrilege.
A cosmic puzzle: A new version of Einstein's cosmological constant may point the way to overcoming general relativity.
Einstein and Newton: The two giants of science were similar in their genius and temperament.