go »Ideas for the Ages

Shattering long-held beliefs, Einstein’s revolutionary insights changed the way we understand our world.
go »In the name of Science

Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."
go »Man of the Century

Albert Einstein was the pre-eminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The touchstones of the era — the Big Bang, quantum physics and electronics — all bear his imprint.
Photographs of Albert Einstein’s professional and private life.