Lepore Frederick E. Lepore

Finding Einstein's Brain (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Albert Einstein remains the quintessential icon of modern genius. Like Newton and many others, his seminal work in physics includes the General Theory of Relativity, the Absolute Nature of Light, and perhaps the most famous equation of all time: E=mc2. Following his death in 1955, Einstein s brain was removed and preserved, but has never been fully or systematically studied. In fact, the sections are not even all in one place, and some are mysteriously unaccounted for! In this compelling tale, Frederick E. Lepore delves into the strange, elusive afterlife of Einstein s brain, the controversy surrounding its use, and what its study represents for brain and/or intelligence studies. Carefully reacting to the skepticism of 21st century neuroscience, Lepore more broadly examines the philosophical, medical, and scientific implications of brain-examination. Is the brain simply a computer? If so, how close are we to artificially creating a human brain? Could scientists create a second Einstein? This biography of a brain attempts to answer these questions, exploring what made Einstein s brain anatomy exceptional, and how found photographs--discovered more than a half a century after his death--may begin to uncover the nature of genius.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780813580401
• Artikelnr.: 54037216

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?)