Einstein's Brain Analysis

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In the series by Dr Geoff Bunn, episode 10 “Einstein’s Brain” stood out to me and it was of great importance to me as well. A well-known pathologist at Princeton Hospital, by the name of Dr Thomas Harvey, performed the autopsy on Einstein’s brain when he died on the 18th of April in 1955. Dr Harvey did not have any permission from the hospital or the Einstein family to do the autopsy or to use the brain for any experiment he would want to do. Thomas Harvey took the brain home with him and cut it into pieces. He then sent the brain to neuroscientists all over the world. The tests done on Einstein’s brain tissue had produced ambiguous results. One analysis claimed that an area of the left partial lobe had more glial cells and neuron support …show more content…

All thanks to the summary of a range non-innovative brain imaging techniques, neurosurgical procedures in particular have been revolutionized. Brain scientists have analysed that 302 neurons which make up the round worms of the entire nervous system. They’ve shared light on how songbirds learn songs and how bats use echolocation to fly in the dark. We now know that sight is processed using 30 or more distinct sub regions of the brain, each one responsible for a different aspect of vision, whether it is motion, colour or shape perception. Even when Einstein was alive, his brain became a celebrated cultural icon. In 1951 he had partaken in a study to record his brain waves. A newspaper reported that his brain waves changed when he started thinking about mathematics. I feel that society focused more on the genius side of Einstein and not his character or who he was as a human being. For example, he as an activist for peace, he loved sailing and adored women, especially Marilyn Monroe. He even wore his shoes without socks. No brain scan would pick up that Mozart gave him happiness. If there is any organ of the body that demonstrates that biology is not destiny, it is the brain. Our destinies lie in our hands, not in our

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