Frederick E Lepore

Finding Einstein's Brain

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Produktbeschreibung

Albert Einstein remains the quintessential icon of modern genius. Following his death in 1955, Einstein's brain was removed and preserved, but has never been fully or systematically studied. In this compelling tale, Frederick E. Lepore delves into the strange, elusive afterlife of Einstein's brain and what it represents for brain and/or intelligence studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 194mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780813580395
• ISBN-10: 0813580390
• Artikelnr.: 49669160

Autorenporträt

FREDERICK E. LEPORE is a professor of neurology and ophthalmology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. He is a clinical neuro-ophthalmologist, designer of the Optic Nerve Test Card, and has written over 125 scientific publications including "Dissecting Genius-Einstein's Brain and the Search for the Neural Basis of Intellect."

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A Neurologist Walks in Princeton
2. April 18, 1955
3. What the Neuropathologist Knew ... And Didn't Know
4. The Lost Decades (1955-1985), the Cider Box, and the Microscope
5. The Exceptional Brain(s) of Albert Einstein
6. How Does a Genius Think?
7. The Pursuit of Genius
8. Where Do We Go From Here? (And Where Have We Been?)