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The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(bicycle bell ringing) - Tom harvey got ready for workthat morning and walked, As he often...

(bicycle bell ringing) - Tom harvey got ready for work
that morning and walked, As he often did, from
his home on jefferson street To the hospital

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(bicycle bell ringing)
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- Tom harvey got ready for work that morning and walked,
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As he often did, from his home on jefferson street
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To the hospital.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:40
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Pathologist who performed Einstein's autopsy stole his brain, hoping to reveal source of genius. But decision haunted him.
(laughing) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:24
(laughing)
He was going to be the pathologist, the one, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:15
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 00:07
- 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 00:10
- 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 00:20
- When I asked him in the autopsy suite
(jazzy music) - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:09
(jazzy music)
You know, color televisions and antibiotics - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:10
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 00:06
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 00:05
Could we find the source of genius? Of course we can!
So for tom, in that moment, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:14
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 00:20
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 00:11
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 00:09
- 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 00:08
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 00:13
- And the problem came the next day
- I mean, I understand that members of einstein's family - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:25
- 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 00:14
- 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 00:06
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 00:09
And I'm told his son went for it,
He said, "okay, go ahead and study it." - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:07
He said, "okay, go ahead and study it."