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The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Pathologist who performed Einstein's autopsy stole his brain, hoping to reveal source of genius. But decision haunted him.

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- Tom harvey has been very much - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Tom harvey has been very much

- He was a little bit secretive - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- He was a little bit secretive

- I mean, he was no hero,
but I don't think - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- I mean, he was no hero, but I don't think

- Bottom line, he was to protect
that brain, and he did. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Bottom line, he was to protect that brain, and he did.

- Tom harvey turned out
to be the man who really - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Tom harvey turned out to be the man who really

(mysterious music) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(mysterious music)

There was high expectations
in tom's family - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

There was high expectations in tom's family

He had a great-grandfather
that was a doctor - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He had a great-grandfather that was a doctor

It was sort of a given
that he would, you know, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

It was sort of a given that he would, you know,

- Einstein in 1905, he's
a patent clerk, second class, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Einstein in 1905, he's a patent clerk, second class,

You know, the annus mirabilis - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, the annus mirabilis

And then, ten years later,
learning enough mathematics - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And then, ten years later, learning enough mathematics

What was going on
in this guy's head - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

What was going on in this guy's head

- Tom harvey was partly through
medical school at yale - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Tom harvey was partly through medical school at yale

(man coughing) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

When they both recovered, they
got married shortly after that. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

When they both recovered, they got married shortly after tha...

- Einstein came up with the
general theory of relativity, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Einstein came up with the general theory of relativity,

And then, like a spark
of lightning, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And then, like a spark of lightning,

(boar horn honking)
(camera shutter clicking) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(boar horn honking) (camera shutter clicking)

And he thought this was
totally ridiculous. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And he thought this was totally ridiculous.

After the seizure of power
by hitler in January 1933, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

After the seizure of power by hitler in January 1933,

He said, "I'm never returning." - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He said, "I'm never returning."

So instead of fighting
on the battlefield, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

So instead of fighting on the battlefield,

In very quick succession,
elouise and tom had three sons. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

In very quick succession, elouise and tom had three sons.

(baby crying)
by the time the war was over, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(baby crying) by the time the war was over,

Whereas if he went
into pathology, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Whereas if he went into pathology,

It was an unusual kind of
upbringing, in that regard, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

It was an unusual kind of upbringing, in that regard,

And I guess one of the most
dramatic recollections - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And I guess one of the most dramatic recollections

(chuckling) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(man): At princeton university
lives new jersey's - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(man): At princeton university lives new jersey's

- Albert einstein came
to princeton in '33. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Albert einstein came to princeton in '33.

The stories of, you know, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

The stories of, you know,

Even though he had
this statement about, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Even though he had this statement about,

(dog barking)
(giggling) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(dog barking) (giggling)

(eerie music) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, some of them
were clearly brains. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, some of them were clearly brains.

It was very strange, and
it was a real source of wonder - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

It was very strange, and it was a real source of wonder

We should've charged money.
I could've been a very... - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

We should've charged money. I could've been a very...

- Einstein was an interesting
man of contradictions. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Einstein was an interesting man of contradictions.

On the one hand,
he really didn't care - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

On the one hand, he really didn't care

And I think that's what made him
so popular with people. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And I think that's what made him so popular with people...

It was kind of this, you know,
doing the opposite - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

It was kind of this, you know, doing the opposite

- Tom harvey was always
interested in making - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Tom harvey was always interested in making

You know, when the boys
were young, he would team up - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, when the boys were young, he would team up

- An armenian doctor that had
lost his laboratory, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- An armenian doctor that had lost his laboratory,

He wanted to use our garage
and my father said sure. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He wanted to use our garage and my father said sure.

And it turned out he was using
chickens for his lab subjects. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And it turned out he was using chickens for his lab subjects...

- The holy grail for einstein
was the theory of everything. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- The holy grail for einstein was the theory of everything.

The idea of saying, can you
reconcile quantum mechanics, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

The idea of saying, can you reconcile quantum mechanics,

And to his dying day, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And to his dying day,

When he died on April 18th, '55, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

When he died on April 18th, '55,

(man): Doctor albert einstein
came to america with his wife - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(man): Doctor albert einstein came to america with his wife

He received highest honors, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He received highest honors,

There, death came to albert
einstein. He was 76. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

There, death came to albert einstein. He was 76.

- So, einstein died
at princeton hospital - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- So, einstein died at princeton hospital

You should come in first thing
and get to it." - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You should come in first thing and get to it."

And, of course, I had no idea
what really, you know, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And, of course, I had no idea what really, you know,

(bicycle bell ringing) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(bicycle bell ringing)

(laughing) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He was going to be
the pathologist, the one, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He was going to be the pathologist, the one,

- He does the autopsy.
In the 50s, they did that, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- He does the autopsy. In the 50s, they did that,

- And then he did something
that was off the script, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- And then he did something that was off the script,

- When I asked him
in the autopsy suite - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- When I asked him in the autopsy suite

(jazzy music) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, color televisions
and antibiotics - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, color televisions and antibiotics

There was a whole lot of hubris
around science at that time. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

There was a whole lot of hubris around science at that time.

Could we find the source
of genius? Of course we can! - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Could we find the source of genius? Of course we can!

So for tom, in that moment, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

So for tom, in that moment,

The president of the hospital
at that time wasn't a doctor - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

The president of the hospital at that time wasn't a doc...

And he was happy that tom harvey
then went out after the autopsy - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And he was happy that tom harvey then went out after the aut...

- I don't know how the media
found out about it, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- I don't know how the media found out about it,

It's on the ground level of
the princeton medical center, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

It's on the ground level of the princeton medical cente...

- And the problem came
the next day - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- And the problem came the next day

- I mean, I understand that
members of einstein's family - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- I mean, I understand that members of einstein's famil...

- Somehow, harvey had a
conversation with otto nathan, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- Somehow, harvey had a conversation with otto nathan,

You know, a genius for the ages,
and a man of science. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, a genius for the ages, and a man of science.

And I'm told his son
went for it, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

And I'm told his son went for it,

He said, "okay, go ahead
and study it." - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

He said, "okay, go ahead and study it."

- And tom makes this promise, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- And tom makes this promise,

That it would not become
the object of layperson's
fascination, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

That it would not become the object of layperson's fasc...

So, that was tom harvey's
promise. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

So, that was tom harvey's promise.

- This was a violation
of einstein the man, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- This was a violation of einstein the man,

Who was he to make that call? - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Who was he to make that call?

You know, nowadays, hopefully,
I would hope that morgues - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

You know, nowadays, hopefully, I would hope that morgues

- The rest of einstein
was cremated. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

- The rest of einstein was cremated.

Some people feel
they were scattered near
the crematorium in ewing. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Some people feel they were scattered near the crematorium in...

Other people felt that they
scattered them on lake carnegie, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Other people felt that they scattered them on lake carnegie,

I mean, that was always
one of the crazier aspects
of this story. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

I mean, that was always one of the crazier aspects of this s...

I mean, when they were
collecting einstein's papers - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

I mean, when they were collecting einstein's papers

I think that when tom first took
the brain into his possession, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

I think that when tom first took the brain into his possessi...

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Pathologist who performed Einstein's autopsy stole his brain, hoping to reveal source of genius. But decision haunted him.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: Michelle Shephard

Writer: Carolyn Abraham, Michelle Shephard

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

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ImdbRating: 6.2

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Released: 03 May 2023

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