Einstein

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Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

A hundred years ago Einstein himself held to the then-standard belief that the universe had no beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In 1931, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein was spending his first winter at Caltech, and he wrote to a friend, “Here in Pasadena, it is like Paradise. Always sunshine and clear air …”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"Einstein used to live in a hut across the field from my house," said BBC Sport football expert Sutton.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Einstein was so disturbed by the idea of singularities that he denied the existence of black holes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife