Albert Einstein

Biography and Profiles

Time.com: Top 100: Collection of articles from Time Magazine portraying Einstein as the greatest mind of the 20th century.
Person of the Century: Albert Einstein, Time Magazine's Person of the [20th] Century. Site includes links to information about Einstein and also information on the runners-up.
NOVA Online: Einstein Revealed: NOVA presents a profile of Albert Einstein, with additional teaching resources, Shockwave demonstrations, and animations of relativity concepts.
Genius Among Geniuses: A Nova article by Thomas Levenson profiling Einstein and comparing him with other greats.
Einstein: His Image and Impact: An online exhibit of the life of Albert Einstein, by the AIP Center for History of Physics. Text by leading historians and many illustrations and quotes show Einstein's scientific contributions, political and cultural concerns, and impact on the world.

Links

Galileo and Einstein: Michael Fowler's physics lectures from the U of VA. Interesting and easy to follow.
Spacetime Wrinkles: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications offers an online exhibit on black holes and Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, including images, video clips, and a bibliography.
Albert Einstein Online: Nearly everything related to Einstein on the web.
Einstein: Detailed, hyperlinked biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), from the Mactutor History of Mathematics Archive
Einstein World: Devoted to Albert Einstein. It contains a biography, pictures, relativity information, intelligence information and letters he has written.
Albert Einstein: Includes information on Einstein with a collection of biographies, timelines, pictures, quotes, and others. Also includes many multimedia sounds and videos of Einstein.
Bartleby.com: Online publication of the 1920 edition of Albert Einstein's Relativity.
Albert Einstein: A biography of Albert Einstein from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives
Random Albert Einstein Quotes: Shows one random quote for every visit or button press. Requires JavaScript.
The Albert Einstein Library: Provides an overview of Einstein's life and work.
Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb: Albert Einstein's role in the creation of the atomic bomb and his views on the a-bombing of Japan.
NOVA Online: Einstein Revealed: Essay attempts to answer the question of just how smart Einstein really was.
Albert Einstein Archives: The official homepage of the Albert Einstein Archives, the repository of the personal papers of Albert Einstein, the world-famous scientist, humanist and Jew and TIME's "Person of the Century".
Albert Einstein - A Science Odyssey: A comprehensive Albert Einstein resource with biography, information, pictures, links, threoys, studies, time line, life, and works.
Time.com: Person of the Century: Collection of articles from Time Magazine portray Einstein as the greatest mind of the 20th century.
Scientists and Thinkers: Albert Einstein: Article provides a glimpse into the life of the physicist who is considered the father of modern science. Includes sound file, photographs, timeline, slide show, and quiz. From Time Magazine.
My Saturday Afternoons with Albert Einstein: Veteran journalist Ralph D. Gardner's intimate reminiscence of his childhood friendship with Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein: Prophet or Plagiarist: A site that publicizes controversial physics issues.
NYTimes.com - New Details Emerge From the Einstein Files: A recently released, partially censored version of Einstein's FBI file spells out how the bureau spied on Einstein and his associates and identifies some of the informants who said he was a spy.
Einstein eCards: Send an e-card for free featuring a picture and quote of Einstein.
The Einstein File by Fred Jerome: Fred Jerome reveals that Albert Einstein was investigated by the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover in his new book The Einstein File.
Albert Einstein Reference Archive: This is a well done Einstein bibliographical site. It has a brief sketch of his science career and social justice activism.
Monthly Review May 1998 Albert Einstein: The Monthly Review republishes Einstein's 1949 article "Why Socialism." This article appeared in the Monthly Review's first issue.
Albert Einstein Home Page: A student site about Albert Einstein. It includes biographical information, Einstein's letter to FDR, quotes, and a time line.
Albert Einstein Biography: Student written biographical essay. Includes bibliography.
The Einstein Papers Project: Publishes "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein". Includes information on the publication and its staff.
Person of the Century: Albert Einstein, Time Magazine's Person of the [20th] Century. Site includes links to information about Einstein and also information on the runners-up.
American Museum of Natural History: Einstein: Online exhibition telling the story of Einstein's life and work.
Einstein Archives Online: Provides access to the manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database.
Albert Einstein Archives: The homepage of the repository of the personal papers of the great scientist, humanist and Jew, Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein: The Incorrigible Plagiarist: "Albert Einstein: The Incorrigible Plagiarist" a book by Christopher Bjerknes. Site contains exerts, table of contents and blurbs. Was Albert Einstein, in fact, a plagiarist, who copied the theories of Lorentz, Poincare, Gerber, and Hilbert?
Military Quotes: Military related quotations from Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstien: Biography includes details about his family, childhood, and his role in nuclear disarmament.
Einstein and Zionism: Purports to show that there are documents and information pertaining to the relationship between Einstein and Zionism.
Questionz.net: Information on his life and political views.
FBI: Albert Einstein: Documents about Albert Einstein published by the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act.
NPR : 1905: Science's Miracle Year: Scientists call 1905 Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis - year of miracles - when he published a series of papers that radically transformed the way we understand the world. In a series of radio stories, NPR looks at Einstein's scientific breakthroughs and the ideas of other great thinkers in 1905.
Einstein's Patents: A list of the patents granted to Einstein and some of the original patent gazettes are presented.
Einstein on Science and Religion: Einstein's writings and philosophy on God, the cosmos, science, and religion.