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Albert Einstein

A rendering of the Einstein House planned for Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus; the cornerstone was laid on June 13, 2023 (Courtesy Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
June 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
Einstein archives get new home at Hebrew University
A cornerstone is laid for Einstein House, a Daniel Libeskind-designed building to house theoretical physicist’s items and files
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from a trailer for the movie 'Oppenheimer' showing actor Tom Conti as Jewish physicist Albert Einstein. (YouTube/ Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2023, 10:38 am
In ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer, the atomic bomb is born
Scottish character actor Tom Conti plays Jewish scientist who urged wartime US president Roosevelt to speed up development of nuclear weapons
By Andrew Lapin
A picture of late German Scientist Albert Einstein is displayed inside the villa 'Savoyarde' where he lived for six months in 1933, in De Haan, Belgium, on April 20, 2023. (Kenzo Tribouillard/ AFP)
April 28, 2023, 5:00 am
Relatively unknown: Einstein’s risky 1933 Belgian stay after Hitler came to power
Physicist spent six months in coastal resort of De Haan, walking the promenade, enjoying a morning coffee and playing violin with the queen, despite a Nazi price on his head
By Stephanie LOB
Undated photo shows famed physicist Albert Einstein. (AP Photo, File)
October 23, 2022, 9:44 pm
Israel allocates millions for Einstein museum, set to be world’s largest of its kind
Physicist bequeathed his archives to the Hebrew University, and curator Roni Grosz says its 85,000 items make it the world’s most extensive collection
By AFP and ToI Staff
Undated photo shows famed physicist Albert Einstein. (AP Photo, File)
October 22, 2022, 11:02 pm
Cabinet set to approve construction of Albert Einstein museum in Jerusalem
Upon his death, the famous physicist bequeathed his writings and archive containing a multitude of items to the Hebrew University; these are now expected to go on display
By ToI Staff
Rodolfo Hernandez, Colombia presidential candidate in Bogota, Colombia, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
June 16, 2022, 8:28 pm
Colombia presidential candidate says Hitler praise was meant for Einstein
Rodolfo Hernandez, one of two nominees in runoff election, has won an unlikely following with a self-funded social media campaign despite history of off-color remarks
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Albert Einstein. (AP Photo)
June 11, 2022, 9:07 am
Stradivarius used by Einstein’s teacher sells for $15.3 million
Instrument belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who played it in ‘Wizard of Oz’; he and Einstein participated in 1933 concert to support fleeing German Jewish scientists
By AFP
A photo of a letter handwritten and signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to Danish journalist Karen Stampe Bendix in 1936, in which the renowned physicist urges the free world to attack Nazi Germany. (Kedem Auction House)
May 12, 2022, 8:59 pm
Letter in which Einstein urged world to attack Nazis up for auction
‘There are diseases that cannot be overcome without surgery. I cannot deny this even though I abhor the knife,’ the physicist wrote in 1936
By ToI Staff
A letter written by Albert Einstein on December 26, 1928, and addressed to 12-year-old Los Angeles resident Arthur L. Cohen, regarding the laws of motion as they relate to his theories of relativity. (Nate D. Sanders Auctions)
April 26, 2022, 2:52 pm
Einstein’s letter to a 12-year-old boy from LA up for auction
In 1928 letter, written by Einstein shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize, he replies to a question posed by Arthur L. Cohen about the physics of motion
By ToI Staff
Pages of one of the preparatory manuscript to the theory of general relativity of Albert Einstein, during their presentation a day before being auctioned at Christie's auction house in Paris, on November 22, 2021. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
November 24, 2021, 12:46 am
Rare Einstein notes on theory of relativity sell for record $13 million
Manuscript containing preparatory handwritten notations on physicist’s signature achievement fetches quadruple the expected price at auction
By AFP
A handwritter letter from 1939 by celebrated phycist Albert Einstein in which he described antisemitism in US academia. (Kedem Auction House)
November 21, 2021, 6:57 pm
Handwritten Einstein letter up for auction describes ‘tremendous’ US antisemitism
Rare missive, sent to a friend in 1936, warns that prejudice in academia ‘simmers’ intensely below the surface; complains academic positions handed out through personal connections
By Stuart Winer
The Naviglio canal in Canneto sull'Oglio at the turn of the 20th century. The water drop can be seen behind the children. (Courtesy)
October 15, 2021, 1:38 pm
How the hydroelectric genius of Einstein’s dad lit up an Italian town in 1899
The mill in Canneto sull’Oglio is again generating green energy, over a century after Hermann Einstein made the village one of the first in its region with electric streetlamps
By Giovanni Vigna
Undated photo shows famed physicist Albert Einstein. (AP Photo, File)
September 22, 2021, 3:25 pm
‘Most valuable ever’ Einstein notes on relativity to be auctioned
Christie’s expects handwritten manuscript of theory’s early version to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for sale in November; the only other similar document is in Israel
By ToI Staff
German Jewish mathematician Emmy Noether (public domain)
July 16, 2021, 4:34 am
Impact of mathematician who overcame Nazis, sexism still felt 100 years later
Colleague compared Emmy Noether’s premature 1935 death to ‘echo of a thunderclap’ but her contributions to the field through her paper on ring theory continue to reverberate
By Tamar Lichter Blanks
In this undated photograph, provided by Boston-based RR Auction, shows a letter written by Albert Einstein, in which he wrote out his famous "E = mc2" equation, that sold at auction for more than $1.2 million. (Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP)
May 21, 2021, 11:01 pm
Einstein’s handwritten E = mc2 equations sells for $1.2 million
Archivists say there are only three other examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand
By AP
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