Manuscript containing preparatory handwritten notations on physicist's signature achievement fetches quadruple the expected price at auction

Rare missive, sent to a friend in 1936, warns that prejudice in academia 'simmers' intensely below the surface; complains academic positions handed out through personal connections

The mill in Canneto sull’Oglio is again generating green energy, over a century after Hermann Einstein made the village one of the first in its region with electric streetlamps

Christie's expects handwritten manuscript of theory's early version to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for sale in November; the only other similar document is in Israel

Colleague compared her premature passing to 'echo of a thunderclap' but Emmy Noether's contributions to field through publication of 'ring theory' paper continue to reverberate

Archivists say there are only three other examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand; letter sold for 3 times its estimate

Bidding for note, in which the physicist thanked Hollywood talent agent for 'splendid work' assisting Jewish refugees, opens at $10,000

Newly minted currency, which bears image of physicist sticking his tongue out, is worth $0.26 and will be sold as a novelty item

Handwritten, signed document from 1950 was sent to his former assistant and scientific partner Ernst Gabor Strauss, discusses physicist's early work on unified field theory

Colored wooden balls used to create designs on a punch-hole frame may have helped spark famed physicist's genius, auctioneers suggest