• Question: Why was Einsteins brain stolen?

    Asked by thomo99 to Carol, Ellie, John, Philip, Rebecca on 25 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: John Welford

      John Welford answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      I didn’t know that it was until you just told me thomo99!

      Some people really like to study brains and I guess his would be a very interesting one to look at?
      Maybe they wanted to find out how a geniuses brain is different to normal brain like mine!?

    • Photo: Rebecca Lacey

      Rebecca Lacey answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Haha! I never realised this also. I looked it up on the web and is was supposedly for “scientific enquiry” – whatever that means! Take a look here:
      http://io9.com/5836056/the-stolen-preserved-and-eventually-cubed-brain-of-albert-einstein

    • Photo: Carol White

      Carol White answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Haha, I’d always wondered how scientists knew that Einstein’s brain was actually much smaller than the average human brain…. looks like it’s not your brain size that counts!

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