Finding Einstein's Brain
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Finding Einstein's Brain

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Finding Einstein's Brain

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Albert Einstein remains the quintessential icon of modern genius. Like Newton and many others, his seminal work in physics includes the General Theory of Relativity, the Absolute Nature of Light, 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, the controversy surrounding its use, and what its study represents for brain and/or intelligence studies.Carefully reacting to the skepticism of 21st century neuroscience, Lepore more broadly examines the philosophical, medical, and scientific implications of brain-examination. Is the brain simply a computer? If so, how close are we to artificially creating a human brain? Could scientists create a second Einstein? This "biography of a brain" attempts to answer these questions, exploring what made Einstein's brain anatomy exceptional, and how "found" photographs--discovered more than a half a century after his death--may begin to uncover the nature of genius.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780813580418
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. A Neurologist Walks in Princeton
  8. 2. April 18, 1955
  9. 3. What the Neuropathologist Knew . . . and Didn’t Know
  10. 4. The Lost Decades (1955–1985), the Cider Box, and the Microscope
  11. 5. The Exceptional Brain(s) of Albert Einstein
  12. 6. How Does a Genius Think?
  13. 7. The Pursuit of Genius
  14. 8. Where Do We Go from Here? (And Where Have We Been?)
  15. Notes
  16. Index
  17. About the Author