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The German-born physicist’s most famous equation, E = mc 2, states that anything with mass has an equivalent amount of energy, and vice versa. It arose from his special theory of relativity ...

For the first time, theoretical physicists from the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IPhT) in Paris-Saclay have completely determined the statistics that can be generated by a system using ...

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 ...