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The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

(eerie music) It was an anatomical museumof a sort, you know, With organs and

(eerie music) It was an anatomical museum
of a sort, you know, With organs and

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It was an anatomical museum of a sort, you know,
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With organs and...
Duration
12 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:18
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.
You know, some of them were clearly brains. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:06
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 00:09
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 00:05
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 00:05
- Einstein was an interesting man of contradictions.
On the one hand, he really didn't care - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:10
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 00:05
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 00:08
It was kind of this, you know, doing the opposite
- Tom harvey was always interested in making - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:09
- 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 00:11
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 00:11
- 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 00:08
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 00:08
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 00:06
- 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 00:10
The idea of saying, can you reconcile quantum mechanics,
And to his dying day, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:06
And to his dying day,
When he died on April 18th, '55, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:15
When he died on April 18th, '55,
(man): Doctor albert einstein came to america with his wife - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:06
(man): Doctor albert einstein came to america with his wife
He received highest honors, - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:06
He received highest honors,
There, death came to albert einstein. He was 76. - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:05
There, death came to albert einstein. He was 76.
- So, einstein died at princeton hospital - The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain 00:33
- So, einstein died at princeton hospital