During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

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Rumor has it that Albert Einstein made up an impossibly difficult riddle when he was just a kid. There's no evidence to back up that apocryphal claim, but the rumor earned the popular logic ...

Albert Einstein was well known for his thought experiments involving complex scientific ideas. Often he used real-world examples that helped non-scientists grasp his theories of relativity.

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As one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century, Albert Einstein has become synonymous with genius. He taught himself geometry and calculus while living in Germany in his teens before ...

Albert Einstein is one of the most recognized and well-known scientists of the century. His theories solved centuries-old problems in physics and rocked even non-physicists' view of the world.