How Einstein's Brain was Different ?
We all know that Einstein was a genius. So much so that his brain would work with more than a thousand scientists. Things that we never thought of, let alone understand. Einstein worked on those things and made it easy for the whole world.
Albert Einstein was a physicist who published the theory of special relativity, E=mc², and formulated the photoelectric laws, leaving the world surprised. And therefore, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Seeing his extraordinary thinking and understanding of power, people believe that Einstein had a significant brain that was quite different from an ordinary human.
Einstein, too knew this and didn't want his body to be researched after his demise. Instead, he had instructed his body to be cremated. But the same happened, which Einstein was afraid of. On 13 April 1955, when Einstein died in Princeton Hospital. The doctor came to perform the autopsy, stoe Einstein's brain secretly. Because he was curious to know what's there inside the brain of this genius. Once again, welcome, to the Zem TV video.
The doctor who stole Einstein's brain was Dr. Thomas Harvey, who was more interested in studying this brain than facing the consequences. When the Princeton Hospital came to know about this incident, they fired him.
But Dr. Harvey successfully pursued Hans Albert to give him permission to research his father's brain and let the world know about it. From that day, a long journey started for that brain. Dr. Harvey was a pathologist who knew only about post-mortem. And that's why he believed that he would be able to research this genius's brain. But the situation was that Dr.
Harvey lost his job at Princeton Hospital and the designation of a pathologist. Dr. Harvey took Einstein's brain to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He took many photos of the brain and cut them into 240 tiny pieces. And preserving every piece in separate jars, he hid all of them in his basement. Because of this, he had arguments with his wife.
His wife used to threaten him that she would throw this brain outside. The arguments eventually lead to divorce. And Dr. Harvey went to Wichita, Kansas, with the brain, where he started working as a medical supervisor. And here, he tried to study Einstein's brain in his free time. After that, he frequently switched jobs and moved to different cities with his brain.
Even after many years, Dr. Harvey couldn't do solid research on Einstein's brain. Instead, his medical license was canceled. And the situation was so bad for him that he had to start working in a plastics factory. At the time, he decided to send different pieces of the brain to the best neurologist in the world for detailed research. And he did that. 30 years after the brain was stolen in 1985, a study was published on Einstein's brain.
For the next 28 years, many neurologists published several studies on this genius's brain. It was found that Einstein's brain was quite different from the normal human brain. The biggest difference was found in the Corpus callosum part.
It is essential to know that the human brain is divided into two parts. A human's work is processed in one part, and the brain sends signals to that part of the body. The left brain controls the right portion of the body, whereas the right brain controls the left. And for 90% of humans left brain is responsible for speech, understanding, mathematical calculations, and writing.
The right brain is responsible for creativity, understanding shapes, art, and music. Now you must be thinking, then, what is the work of Corpus callosum? Imagine you are typing on the keyboard or mobile phone; while doing this, both hands are busy typing.
The left hand is typing some alphabets, and the right hand is doing the same. During typing, your left hand makes a mistake, and you quickly use your right hand to erase that mistake. That means when your right brain commits an error, it rectifies the mistake by signaling the left brain.
The link through which both halves of the brain are connected is called Corpus callosum. And Einstein's Corpus callosum was larger than ordinary humans. His left and right brains had a strong connection because Einstein could imagine complex problems and situations.
Besides the difference in Corpus callosum, Einstein's brain's pattern was quite different from others. And researchers believe that it was the reason for good neuron flow. A good flow of neurons means he had great power for mathematical calculations.
Albert Einstein had the power to solve complex mathematical problems in his head without using pen and paper. According to a research paper, another reason for having a high number of neurons was that when Einstein's brain was weighted, it was 1230gm.
Whereas it is 1400gm for ordinary human beings. Researchers believe his brain's lining was relatively thin because it contains more neurons. But the biggest question was if Einstein was born with such a unique brain or if there were changes afterward? After research, it was found that when Einstein was born, he started speaking after the age of 5.
Whereas other children start speaking at the age of 2 or 3. Even after he started talking, he didn't like to speak much and remained lost in his thoughts. He needed more memorizing power. And not only that, he needs help memorizing the simple multiplication table.
He was a master in processing maths and numbers in logical ways instead memorizing them. In his school life, although he failed in other subjects, he excelled in mathematics and science. When Albert Einstein was 12 years old, a family teacher left his geometry book in Einstein's house.
Surprisingly, Einstein read that book one day and cleared his geometric concepts. He also became a master of integral and differential calculus at 14. His grip on maths and science was so strong that professors used to become nervous when he raised his hands to ask questions because Einstein's questions were often difficult for teachers to understand. From a very young age, he wanted to encapsulate the laws of the universe in a small equation. And this became his life's mission.
At age 26, Einstein published four research papers and surprised the world. And therefore, he was given a Ph.D. degree and awarded Nobel Prize for playing an outstanding role in humanity. Without Einstein's thesis, science is incomplete.
Many doctors and scientists concluded that Einstein's brain became special after his birth. The biggest reason behind it was when he couldn't find an answer to his questions, he tried to find solutions with the help of his brain. Doing so, from a young age, specially developed his brain. Today Einstein's brain is kept in America's Mutter Museum. Which are preserved with great care in microscopic slides.
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