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Brief review. Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain by Michael Paterniti

Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain by Michael Paterniti

A story, mostly true I suppose, of Michael driving Thomas Harvey across the US in a Buick Skylark. The unusual thing here is that Dr. Harvey was the pathologist who performed an autopsy on Albert Einstein and removed Mr. Albert’s brain. Also, the brain is in formaldehyde in tupper ware in the back of Skylark. The purpose of the trip is to visit with Einstein’s granddaughter and offer her a portion of her grandfather’s brain. Part of this is a story of how very exotic and unusual events are performed by ordinary, familiar people. The story also contains lots of tid-bits about Einstein’s life, fame, and failures.

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