Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was one of the most important physicists of all time. His work touched many major areas of physics, although he is mostly known as the creator of the theory of relativity and the photoelectric effect. Use this tag for questions about Einstein's scientific life and his works.
If the concerned question is about one of the works of Albert Einstein, this tag should be used along with physics and the tag of the specific area of that work (relativity-theory etc.).