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THE LIFE OF A BRILLIANT PHYSICIST

instein remains the rock star of science – the go-to icon when people discuss intelligence. You certainly don’t have to be an Einstein to understand the man’s impact or get a handle on how eager people have been to discover what made him tick. And it says it all that a pathologist removed his brain just hours after death, eager to discover if there was something extra special within the genius’ grey matter. Whether Einstein approved of such an act is still up for debate. It’s said that he had wanted his brain to be used for research, but there is no firm evidence. If anything, though, it’s just one more thing to discuss and pick at, given we all know just how much scientists love to dissect and analyse Einstein’s many theories. That scientists are still proving him right all of these years on says it

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