In this first selection of texts from the Wenner Collection, we will see some examples of the use of print to popularize and ...

Two Caltech historians associated with the Einstein Papers Project have gathered together what they consider to be the most important of Einstein's ...

Born the son of a blacksmith and lacking formal education, Faraday self-taught science while working at a bookbinding shop.

A new introduction to the great philosopher’s work foregrounds its revolutionary nature and far-reaching impact.

Common knowledge refers to beliefs that are commonly held, and that people know to be commonly held. Sometimes these beliefs ...

In a world trained to see only the bricks, not the mortar, we miss the forces that bind us. From Rovelli’s physics to ...

In this video, we explore Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, focusing on his insights into gravity and ...

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

Planets orbiting dead stars known as white dwarfs might be able to remain habitable thanks to general relativity subtly altering their motion. When stars like our sun run out of fuel, they expand and ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is another possible candidate—planets circling white dwarfs, the hot, dense remnants ...

Confining and rotating extremely cold atoms or molecules within atomic “Ferris wheels” made from laser light could test ...

The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.