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Legendary physicist Albert Einstein died of a stomach aneurysm at the age of 76 on April 18, 1955. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered at an undisclosed location.
However, part of his brain was not cremated. Until finally, Princeton hospital pathologist named Thomas Stoltz Harvey removed Einstein’s brain from his body, and cut it into 240 parts.
Most of the brain fragments were kept and preserved for personal use for more than 40 years. However, about 170 of the pieces of Einstein’s brain were returned to the University Medical Center of Princeton.
Forty-six thin slices of Einstein’s brain tissue are on display at the Mütter Museum of Medical History in Philadelphia. However, many other pieces are still missing.
After a long time of observing and researching it, Harvey thought there was something extraordinary physically in Einstein’s brain. That may explain Einstein’s genius.
In 1955, Harvey ordered several researchers to cut sections of the brain into 200 ultra-thin tissue slices. Each is cut no more than half the width of a human hair.
Harvey also posted slices of Einstein’s brain onto slides and distributed them to an unknown number of researchers, without the permission of the Einstein family. He transported most of the remaining brains in jars across the US and parts of Canada.
Some time later, Harvey returned to transfer the remaining part of the brain into several jars at home. Although the brain samples were shared with interested researchers, Harvey kept most of Einstein’s brain until 1998, when he returned the remaining pieces of the brain to Princeton University Medical Center.
The Fate of Einstein’s Brain Existence
Today, scientists are only allowed to look at the brain of a genius if they present the Medical Center with a very attractive proposal.
In 1985, the first few studies were published about photographs and samples of brain fragments that Harvey distributed. The study found small differences in Einstein’s brain structure, compared to a control group of non-geniuses.
This includes extra grooves in Einstein’s frontal lobe, the part of the brain associated with working memory and planning and a greater concentration of neurons in certain areas, enabling faster processing of information.
So far, researchers who were offered slices of Einstein’s brain by Harvey have returned them. Meanwhile, some of what Harvey sent were never found again.
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2023-07-08 13:00:00
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