Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti
Yeah, the author really did drive across America with Einstein's brain.
When Einstein died in 1955, the pathologist at the hospital removed Einstein's brain and kept it. The author met this former doctor and they traveled to California with the brain (in a Tupperware container) in the trunk.
It's the kind of goofy premise I love. The book is "part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, and part meditation" - which means really not much at all about the brain and all that, which is unfortunate. Nonetheless, there are some interesting spots in the book, and it's a short easy read.
When Einstein died in 1955, the pathologist at the hospital removed Einstein's brain and kept it. The author met this former doctor and they traveled to California with the brain (in a Tupperware container) in the trunk.
It's the kind of goofy premise I love. The book is "part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, and part meditation" - which means really not much at all about the brain and all that, which is unfortunate. Nonetheless, there are some interesting spots in the book, and it's a short easy read.
posted by NOLA at 7:52 PM
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Ooo...this sounds interesting...I wanna read...! =)
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