Anorak

Anorak News | On Finding Einstein’s Brain In A Costa Cider Jar

On Finding Einstein’s Brain In A Costa Cider Jar

by | 26th, October 2011

Stephen Levy on finding Einstein’s lost brain

I came to the conclusion that the brain, in sectioned form, was still in the possession of the pathologist who removed it from the Einstein head, Dr. Thomas Harvey. I tracked him down in Wichita, Kansas. At first he didn’t want to tell me anything, but after a while he finally admitted that he had the brain. After a longer while, he sheepishly told me it was IN THE VERY OFFICE WE WERE SITTING IN. He walked to a box labeled “Costa Cider” and pulled out two big Mason jars. In those were the remains of the brain that changed the world.

9903158

Image 28 of 31

Albert Einstein, left, distinguished physicist, and William Allen White, Emporium, Kansas, editor and commentator, were among those who received honorary degrees at the 299th commencement at Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 20, 1935. (AP Photo)

Spotter: LinkMachineGo



Posted: 26th, October 2011 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink