Perhaps the best way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is to revisit his work and words. The Albert Einstein Archives Online  offers the first-ever online access to Einstein's scientific and non-scientific manuscripts, which are stored at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Einstein was arguably the brightest intellect of the modern era and helped usher in the nuclear age. No doubt the theory of relativity pushed science forward. Yet it also opened the world to tremendous human tragedy -- it paved the way for nuclear bombs.

The site offers a look inside the mind of the man, providing 43,000 records of written by or about Einstein-related documents. Plus, over 3,000 digitized images allow you to see Einstein's notes -- including the famous E=mc squared formula -- in his own handwriting. The site also includes lectures Einstein delivered to his students, personal letters in which he shows his concern for the fate of East European Jews after World War I and his feelings about his growing fame. Plus, travel diaries and Einstein's own description of why German's increasing militarism made him give up his German passport in exchange for a Swiss one.

Remembering Germany's other Literary Giant

2005 is officially the "Year of Schiller" in Germany, with homages to author Friedrich Schiller, who was Wolfgang von Goethe's best friend, planned across the country. But one of the best memorials to his work is Project Gutenberg, which has placed the full-text versions of more than 30 of his books  and poetry volumes on the Internet -- from Love and Intrigue  to William Tell  to The Robbers  , one of the greatest tomes of the German Sturm und Drang period.