Albert Einstein took deliberate steps to control what would happen to his body after death. He asked that it be cremated, and that his ashes be scattered in secret, to avoid shrines, relics or ...

Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife for his ...

His musings on God, love and the meaning of life grace our greeting cards and calendars. Fifty years after his death, his shock of white hair and droopy mustache still symbolize genius. Who else could ...

Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist and probably the most well-known scientist of the 20th century. He is famous for his theory of relativity, a pillar of modern physics that describes the ...