Albert Einstein

Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader

2012-04-06 12:26:00

Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...

Old Catonsville: Imagination in full bloom for prom season

2012-04-25 00:00:00

With Catonsville High School's Senior Prom only a few weeks away, several seniors at the school have taken an imaginative approach to popping the question for that certain someone to accompany them to the May 19 event at the Baltimore Marriott...

Closing the book on Britannica

2012-03-19 00:00:00

In 1797, the Shaw of Persia received a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to celebrate his elevation. He read it in its entirety — it was shorter then — and in celebration of this accomplishment, he added "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the...

Science and censorship

2011-12-27 07:53:00

Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...

Give Buddy Roemer a chance

2011-12-19 09:12:00

Albert Einstein is famously reported to have said that the definition of insanity was to continue doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. By that definition, it appears that America has gone stark raving mad. Our economy...

The earlier we learn financial lessons, the better

2011-11-27 00:00:00

John David Kromkowski learned about compound interest as a youngster with the help of a passbook savings account at the bank. "Every time you went in, they would calculate the interest for you and put it in the book," the 49-year-old Baltimore County...

Faster than light? Research will benefit America in ways we can't foresee

2011-09-27 06:00:00

The news from the European Institute for Particle Physics is that Albert Einstein may have been wrong ("Faster than light", Sept. 23). The speed of light may not be insurmountable, and everything we think we know about the universe may be wrong. Of...

Large Hadron collider notwithstanding, it's still an Einsteinian universe

2011-10-04 04:00:00

Mac Nachlas' letter suggests that the results of a recent European experiment not only raises entirely new doubt about Albert Einstein's theories but also reveals a failure of the U.S. to keep up with other devolved countries in its investment in basic...

Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics

2011-10-04 16:53:00

More than anything else, in the wake of the elation and tumult accompanying Tuesday's announcement that he'd won a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Adam Riess wants to get back to work. "I really want to...

Team standings and results

2011-09-27 15:40:58

Golf County Championship Tournament (Sept. 27) At The Timbers at Troy Boys team: 1. Wilde Lake, 181 points; 2. Marriotts Ridge, 175; 3. Glenelg, 168; 4. Centennial, 154; 5. River Hill, 151; 6. Howard, 133; 7. Mt. Hebron, 131; 8. Atholton, 131; 9....

Statewide high school football scores from Friday

2011-11-05 21:12:00

Aberdeen 21, Fallston 14 Annapolis Area Christian 40, Pallotti 0 Arundel 58, Southern-AA 13 Atholton 48, Centennial 0 Bel Air 21, C. Milton Wright 14 Bethesda 28, Walter Johnson 14 Bishop Ireton, Va. 48, St. Mary's Ryken 0 Bishop Walsh 57,...

A basic skill

2011-11-15 10:37:00

Over the years, an awful lot of the responsibility of raising children has been pawned off on our school systems, and sometimes it appears to have been at the expense of the three Rs. And any properly schooled person can certainly tell you that the...

were beaten in May 1945, America celebrated with Norman's ode, On a Note of Triumph, and the exalted slang of its opening lines: So they've given up! They're finally done in, and the rat is dead in an alley back of the Wilhelmstrasse. Take a bow, G.I. Take a bow, little guy.

2011-12-30 17:22:39

This image of Albert Einstein was knit by Woolly Thoughts based in London, England, and will be exhibited inside the Williams Center Gallery at Lafayette College.

2011-12-22 00:00:00

Luciana Mino of Orlando , with her stepdaughter Ava Hazard, 5, check out the largest Lego sculpture in the park --an Albert Einstein sculpture-- during a preview of Legoland Florida as a part of the park's soft-opening, Thursday, October 6, 2011. The park officially opened to the public in October.

2011-12-20 11:16:03