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Einstein brain stolen | was Einstein's brain stolen

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Before death einstein asked not to conduct research on his body

Before death einstein asked not to conduct research on his body He wanted his body to be cremated and ashes scattered secretly in 1995, Einstein died in Princeton A pathologist Thomas Harvey was called to examine his body.

Harvey stole Einstein's body
Harvey stole Einstein's body

but Harvey stole Einstein's body and ran away He kept it in jars in his basement and studied it for 40 years after 40 years Harvey decided to show up and gave the brain to scientists when scientists studied Einstein's brain they were shocked to see that Einstein's brain had 17% more Neurons  when compared to a normal person means,


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more synapses were being fired in Einstein's brain and giving him more brain further study on his brain showed that Einstein's brain was missing a wrinkle called a parietal operculum due to which the size of his parietal lob was increased by 20%.

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this area of the brain is responsible for math skills and mental images as result his ability to imagine things was boosted so we can that apart from his love for science, he was also lucky abnormally.