Screen LibraryFinding Einstein's brain /
"Albert Einstein remains the quintessential icon of modern genius. Like Newton and many others, his seminal work in physics includes the Theory of General Relativity and perhaps the most famous equation of all time: E=mc2. Following his death in 1955, Einstein's brain was removed and prese...
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Rutgers University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Brunswick, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Albert Einstein remains the quintessential icon of modern genius. Like Newton and many others, his seminal work in physics includes the Theory of General Relativity and perhaps the most famous equation of all time: E=mc2. Following his death in 1955, Einstein's brain was removed and preserved, but has never been fully or systematically studied. In fact, the sections are not even all in one place, and some are mysteriously unaccounted for! In this compelling tale, Frederick E. Lepore delves into the strange, elusive afterlife of Einstein's brain and what it represents for brain and/or intell |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813580395 0813580390 |
| Index Number: | QC16 |
| CLC: | R322.81 |
| Call Number: | R322.81/L598 |
| Contents: | A neurologist walks in Princeton -- April 18, 1955 -- What the neuropathologist knew...and didn't know -- The lost decades (1955-1985), the cider box, and the microscope -- The exceptional brain(s) of Albert Einstein -- How does a genius think? -- The pursuit of genius -- Where do we go from here? (and where have we been?). |