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Einstein Archives Online
www.alberteinstein.info
This extensive archive contains nearly 43,000 Einstein-related materials, including scientific articles, personal correspondence, travel diaries, and photographs.
Einstein
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein
The American Museum of Natural History's comprehensive site on Einstein's life also includes easy-to-understand explanations of many of his most famous equations and theories.
Inside Einstein's Universe
cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/einstein/index.htm
NASA and the Smithsonian Institution celebrate the centenary of Einstein's most productive year with this site, which offers articles on his most famous theories and a collection of animations and other learning resources.
Beyond Einstein
universe.nasa.gov
This NASA site offers information on contemporary experiments that have corroborated and expanded on Einstein's work.
Center for History of Physics
www.aip.org/history
The American Institute of Physics Web site presents interactive exhibits on other key physicists as well as links to physics news, teaching materials, and other resources.
Gravity Probe B: The Relativity Mission
www.gravityprobeb.com
Learn about the missions NASA and Stanford University have collaborated on to test two predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Einstein's Wife
www.pbs.org/opb/einsteinswife
On this companion site to a recent PBS documentary, read about Einstein's 1905 publications and learn how a collection of personal letters published in the late 1980s has historians debating over the contributions of Einstein's wife Mileva Maric to his "miracle year."
David Bodanis
www.DavidBodanis.com
Bodanis is the author of E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (see citation below), on which the NOVA program "Einstein's Big Idea" was based. On his Web site, you'll find an in-depth explanation of relativity, a video interview about the book, and more.
Quantum Diaries
interactions.org/quantumdiaries/
The Quantum Diaries Web site follows physicists from around the globe as they experience the World Year of Physics 2005. Peer into the daily lives of these scientists through their personal videos, photos, and blogs.
WGBH Forum Network
forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=0172
On this page set up to complement "Einstein's Big Idea," the WGBH Forum Network offers archived Webcasts of four public lectures recorded in 2004. Three are on Einstein and his work, and one concerns the common borders of science and religion.
E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
by David Bodanis. Walker Books, 2005.
Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our
Understanding of Space and Time
by Michio Kaku. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2004.
Einstein 1905: The Standard of Greatness
by John S. Rigden. Harvard University Press, 2005.
Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics
by Ruth Lewin Sime. University of California Press, 1997.
Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of
Physics
by John Stachel, ed. Princeton University Press, 1998.
Albert Einstein's Vision: Remarkable Discoveries That Shaped Modern
Science
by Barry Parker. Prometheus Books, 2004.
The Expanded Quotable Einstein
by Alice Calaprice, ed. Princeton University Press, 2000.
Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and From
Children
by Alice Calaprice, ed. Prometheus Books, 2002.
Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Web site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation, a cofunder of this site.
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