Getty Images. For all his brilliance, Albert Einstein in his later years began to look less like the foremost physicist of his age, and more like the friendly neighborhood grandpa who wore socks ...

Albert Einstein is the greatest icon of scientific advancement from the 20th century. People across the world recognize his face and he has exerted a sizable influence on popular culture.

Albert Einstein's most iconic photo of him sticking out his tongue was almost lost to history. Editors hesitated to release it because they feared the expression downplayed his eminence. Author ...

After Einstein died in 1955, his brain was removed and photographed from several angles. Unfortunately, many of the photos of the brain were considered lost for more than 55 years.

The cold-blooded execution of Robert Einstein’s family at the Focardo estate near Florence on August 3, 1944, reached beyond the areas generally depicted in Holocaust literature.

In 1905 Albert Einstein wrote four groundbreaking papers on quantum theory and relativity. It became known as Einstein’s annus mirabilis or wonderous year.

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion visits Einstein at his home in Princeton, New Jersey in 1951. (Image courtesy of Getty Images) ...