Explore the story of the principle of relativity. Find practice problems after reviewing the article.

At this site download and read a lecture entitled "Fundamental Ideas and Problems of the Theory of Relativity," given by Albert Einstein during the Nobel Prize ceremonies when he was the laureate in physics. Available in PDF format.

In this Spanish-language entry, grasp a concrete understanding of a complicated man whose discoveries impacted society more than any other scientist. This site chronicles the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein. It also studies...

Online access to portions of Einstein's original papers and manuscripts.

Einstein Light highlights the Theory of Special Relativity and related topics. Learn how Galileo, Maxwell, and Einstein contributed to our knowledge of relativity, electricity, magnetism, and time by watching fun, interactive modules.

A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...

The path of cannonballs fired near a black hole are computed using the Schwarzschild metric and presented in this visualization, allowing for study of the theory of general relativity. The cannon's angle and the number and speed of the...

Describes the refrigerator invented by Einstein and many of his discoveries in physics.

A learning module that begins with "Was Einstein a Space Alien?" by NASA Science News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

Read this article to help understand and describe Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Einstein's general theory of relativity is the subject of this interactive OLogy card. Turn it over to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the theory.

College-level electrical physics course highlighting Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Course introduces the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc2. Course features suggested readings,...

Fear of Physics uses animations and simple language to teach the theory of relativity.

This article, published by Scientific American (September 2002), re-publishes a short paper by Albert Einstein which "explains" relativity to the layman the pretty girl/hot stove abstract.

Useful biographical information, inventions, and interesting facts about German-born physicist, Albert Einstein, known for developing the theory of relativity.

Brief biographical sketch of Albert Einstein, famous scientist whose discoveries include the Theory of Relativity and the photoelectric effect.

This site has a comprehensive listing of over 50 books written by Einstein. Each has a link to Amazon, listing availability, cost, short synopsis.

How are spacetime, dark matter and gravity related? In celebration of the centennial of Einstein's theory of general relativity, this video breaks it down. [3:04]

One of the peculiar aspects of Einstein's theory of special relativity is that the length of objects moving at relativistic speeds undergoes a contraction along the dimension of motion. These animations depict this phenomena of length...

A simulation of a well-known special relativity experiment of Einstein's, involving a train and a tunnel. Velocity and tunnel length can be altered to observe the effects.

A historical approach to special relativity, giving all the events and names in the history of discovery of special relativity. Many links to these individuals.

A somewhat labored but thorough explanation of general relativity, beginning with Aristotle. Many links to the personalities connected to the article.

Understand the details of Einstein's relativity with the assistance of this detailed resource.

At this site read the 1921 Nobel Prize Presentation Speech, originally given by Professor S. Arrhenius. This speech praises Einstein's contribution to physics, specifically his Theory of Relativity.