Want a Brain Like Einstein’s?
Everyone wishes he had a brain like Albert Einstein’s–but Thomas Harvey had the real thing. An NPR story describes the incredible tale of Harvey, the pathologist who performed Einstein’s autopsy on April 18, 1955. Fascinated by what accounted for Einstein’s genius, Harvey removed his brain, examined it, put it in a jar, and then brazenly [...]
Tags: Albert Einstein, astrocytes, Berkeley, glial cells, marian diamond, oligodendrocyes, Thomas Harvey
Posted June 15, 2010 by Ted Baxa under Neuroscience, Research studies
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