Physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of relativity uprooted centuries of settled science and laid the foundation for a new era of achievement for mankind, was born to a prominent Jewish family in ...

1879 Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany. 1884 Receives his first compass around this time, inspiring a lifelong quest to investigate mysteries of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Albert Einstein wasn't just the scientific whiz behind a famous mathematical equation. He also loved music and fought for civil ...