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Photos: Einstein pledging (1940): courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty; Time Magazine Cover: Time Magazine Cover; All other Einstein images: courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 
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Photos: The Big Bang: Gas: courtesy of Neil de Grasse Tyson; Neil today: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Create your own Timeline: Daryl Collins 
Photos: Michael Shara: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Equation Invasion: Tony Persiani; Everyday Einstein: Daryll Collins; Light the Way: Space cop: Daniel Guidera; Electromagnetic Spectrum: Eric Hamilton |
A black hole with a mass of the Earth would be about the size of a marble. Light has no weight and no mass. When you move faster in space, you move slower in time. AT THE MUSEUM
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All living things contain carbon. Make a mobile of this elemental element with scissors, wire, pipe cleaners, and clay.
Photos: Einstein pledging (1940): courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty; Time Magazine Cover: Time Magazine Cover; All other Einstein images: courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Photos: Michael Shara: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Equation Invasion: Tony Persiani; Everyday Einstein: Daryll Collins; Light the Way: Space cop: Daniel Guidera; Electromagnetic Spectrum : Eric Hamilton
Explore one of the world's most famous equations: E=mc(2). What does it really mean?
Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
A quick explanation of the bottomless dimples in space we call black holes.
Photos: Michael Shara: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Equation Invasion: Tony Persiani; Everyday Einstein: Daryll Collins; Light the Way: Space cop: Daniel Guidera; Electromagnetic Spectrum: Eric Hamilton
Find out how Einstein's discoveries paved the way for the invention of lasers.
Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot; Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
A thought experiment explaining why time and space are different depending on your frame of reference.
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Photos: satellite: courtesy of NASA; Illustrations: Newton's Ball: and Light Speed: Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment explaining how the speed of light affects our lives.
Photos: Michael Shara: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Equation Invasion: Tony Persiani; Everyday Einstein: Daryll Collins; Light the Way: Space cop: Daniel Guidera; Electromagnetic Spectrum: Eric Hamilton
Take a quick look at the fastest thing in the Universe.
Photos: Michael Shara: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; Illustrations: Equation Invasion: Tony Persiani; Everyday Einstein: Daryll Collins; Light the Way: Space cop: Daniel Guidera; Electromagnetic Spectrum: Eric Hamilton
Where did Einstein get his great ideas? Find out with this virtual tour.
Illustrations: Stationery 1: Amanda Duffy Stationery 2: Tony Persiani Stationery 3: Eric Hamilton
Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot; Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
Bend your mind around this thought experiment explaining how space and time is like a trampoline.
Photos: satellite: courtesy of NASA; Illustrations: Newton's Ball and Light Speed: Eric Hamilton
Get your brain on the ball and explore why things stay in orbit with this thought experiment.
Photos: Einstein: courtesy of Agence France Presse
Einstein believed that messing up was a part of being successful-an idea that, itself, has proven relevance.
Explore physics with these 10 titles.
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Take an enlightening look at light with these three easy experiments.
Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot; Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
How do you describe your place in the 4th dimension?
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Thanks to Einstein, we know that space bends around anything that has mass. Mix up some Jell-O, and bend your mind around this concept.
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Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot; Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
Find out why Einstein might still be alive today if he had been traveling in a very, very fast spaceship all these years.
Photos: satellite: courtesy of NASA; Illustrations: Newton's Ball and Light Speed: Eric Hamilton
Take your imagination on a wonderful, mind-bending trip with these "thought experiments"!
Photos: courtesy of AMNH; Illustrations: Eric Hamilton
Stretch your imagination with a personal look at how the height and velocity of your vantage point affect the view.
work was based on the ideas and discoveries of many other scientists. Learn more about them here.
Kid photos: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH; It's All Relative: Jim Paillot; Rabbit, elephant, and ant: Francesco Santalacia; You Light Up My Life!: Cathy Sanchez Duvivier
Find out how a man named Arthur Addington confirmed Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.