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One of the most curious stories of science is what happened to the brain of this German-born American scientist after his death.
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The pathologist took it upon himself to remove einstein's brain at autopsy and kept it in a pickle jar in his closet for a couple of decades. >> what can we learn? >> he died around 76, i believe. but he did not have that flak build-up that a lot of us get when we're older. he had the brain of a young man. would you like to go see the soap lady? >> i would love to see the soap lady. >> all right, let's go. this is a real human body. she's a saponified. when you decompose, you're mandible and held by a little bit of flesh. those decompose quickly and what's the first thing that happens? gravity...
Okay. >> this is one of two places in the world where we see parts of einstein's brain. i say parts because it's the slides. >> sure. >> his brain was taken without his family's permission. >> he was no longer using it. >> he said prior to his death he did not want to be preserved, any part of him preserved. i believe he was cremated. he didn't want any parts of him relics. he wanted to be gone. the pathologist took it upon himself to remove his brain at autopsy and kept it in a pickle jar in a cider box in for a couple of decades. he died in '76, i believe, but didn't have the plaque we have ...
Original do nations. he was really all about teaching. that's what we're all about here. our mission is education. most people who come here have no medical background. >> our own research indicated if you have something important to say and if we do something visually interesting, the odds of it being used are extraordinarily high. if we find ourselves assuming the posture we currently are in, exchanging interesting facts with one another, even sparkly witty conversation, the odds of that being cut out are extraordinarily high. in my mind, i'm running this eternal calculus that says that was ...