Search Results for "Albert Einstein"
Observing general relativity
history of scienceHow did a solar eclipse in May 1919 help to prove Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity? Vida Milovanovic tells the story.
Friends reunited
history of scienceVida Milovanovic discovers the stories behind the Royal Society's portraits of Albert Einstein and Max Born.
At home with the Einsteins
history of scienceRupert Baker visits the Einstein House museum in Bern, Switzerland, where Einstein worked on the papers published in his 'miracle year' of 1905.
Red letter day
history of scienceA reason to rejoice for the Royal Society’s archive team this February: every item in the New Letter Book series is now fully described!
Black holes: who didn’t see them first?
history of scienceFollowing the news that the first image of a black hole has been captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, Ginny Mills looks back to a 1783 paper in our archives which proposes their existence.
Alienists
history of scienceRead more about the book of nominations for Foreign Members of the Royal Society.