History of science

By 1913, Albert Einstein had nearly completed general relativity. But a simple mistake set him on a tortured, two-year reconsideration of his theory. Today, mathematicians still grapple with the issues he confronted.

Richard Feynman's famous diagrams weren’t just a way to do calculations. They represented a deep shift in thinking about how the universe is put together.

The biologist Sean B. Carroll rediscovers the scientific thrill of an unexpected revelation.

The irreversibility of time may be a clue as to what makes up the universe’s dark matter.

In his latest book, the Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here.