1. Does a big head equal a big brain? Maybe, maybe not. But when Albert Einstein was born his head…
NEW YORK, NY – When he co-won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, British theoretical physicist and mathematician Paul Dirac…
Considered to be the most influential physicist of the 20th century, Albert Einstein (1879–1955) developed the theory of relativity and laid foundations for…
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the death of English theoretical physicist and mathematician Paul Dirac (1902-1984) who was instrumental…
Many geniuses have a reputation for being eccentric and socially awkward, and British quantum theorist Paul Dirac (1902-1984) fit both…
Was Albert Einstein (1879–1955) really one of the smartest people who ever lived? Judging by his corpus callosum, he probably…
Wade Rowland, the author of Galileo's Mistake, characterizes the trial of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition in 1633 as a…
Written by Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science, and marine biologist Sheril Kirshenbaum, Unscientific America addresses the…
This is a book about a mathematical formula that nearly everyone—even those who are science-phobic—can recite, but almost no one…
For those of us who love science but don’t have a degree in it (or even a working knowledge of…