NEW YORK – A new book claims that Albert Einstein’s illegitimate daughter was born severely mentally disabled, possibly with Down syndrome, and died at 21 months after a bout with scarlet fever.

Albert Einstein, a man of remarkable insights, was also a man of many serious flaws. His quixotic behavior and strained personal relationships loom menacingly over his descendants. Today the Einsteins ...

Children’s librarian Jennifer Prince reviews the new picture book, “On a Beam of Light: A story of Albert Einstein.” ...

Robert Schulmann first met Evelyn Einstein around Christmas in 1985. The then-Director of the Einstein Papers Project was a professor at Boston University and meeting Albert Einstein’s ...

Albert Einstein's second wife, Elsa Lowenthal, was his first cousin. The couple married 1919, the same year that he divorced his first spouse, who was the mother of his four children.

Shortly after Albert Einstein moved into his home on Mercer St. in Princeton, a 13-year-old Jewish boy whose parents were from Germany presented himself on the street in front of the house, hoping ...

Dear Prof. Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children. Prometheus Books, $25.98 (232pp) ISBN 978-1-59102-015-8 ...