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Einstein’s Dreams">Playing With Time: On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams

Alizah Holstein Considers the Intersection of Academic Knowledge and Creative Passion

By Alizah Holstein | June 25, 2024

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Samuel Graydon on Three Moments in the Life of the Scientist

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

Adam Frank on Interstellar Travel, Technology from Sci-Fi, and the Physics of Both

By Adam Frank | October 24, 2023

Benyamin Cohen on the Cultural Ubiquity of Albert Einstein, the World’s Favorite Genius

Benyamin Cohen on the Cultural Ubiquity of Albert Einstein, the World’s Favorite Genius

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2023

Mitchell Untch on Grief and Letting the Subconscious Direct His Poems

Mitchell Untch on Grief and Letting the Subconscious Direct His Poems

Memorial with Liminal Space">The Poet on His New Collection Memorial with Liminal Space

By Literary Hub | June 12, 2023

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

Dan Levitt on Georges Lemaître’s Dual Devotion to Science and Faith

By Dan Levitt | January 26, 2023

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To celebrate scientists solving the black hole paradox, read this short tale of a tiny black hole.

To celebrate scientists solving the black hole paradox, read this short tale of a tiny black hole.

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'Something Like My Own Obituary.' Albert Einstein on Skepticism, Reason, and Truth

'Something Like My Own Obituary.' Albert Einstein on Skepticism, Reason, and Truth

Autobiographical Notes">From His Autobiographical Notes

By Albert Einstein | May 14, 2020

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On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

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By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

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Catherine Chung Finds Inspiration in the Lives of Otherwise Forgotten Mathematicians

By Catherine Chung | June 25, 2019

Einstein and the Devastating Effects of WWI on Science

Einstein and the Devastating Effects of WWI on Science

How the Study of Physics Came to a Halt During the Great War

By Matthew Stanley | May 22, 2019

On Historical Blurring and the Question of 'What If'

On Historical Blurring and the Question of 'What If'

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How a Letter from Einstein Saved a Scientist from Nazi Germany

How a Letter from Einstein Saved a Scientist from Nazi Germany

Gerald Weissmann on the Nativist US Immigration Policies of the 1930s

By Gerald Weissmann | March 15, 2018