The Long, Strange Journey of Einstein's Brain  'Postcards from
the Brain Museum' by Brian Burrell  hide captionAuthor Brian
Burrell's book chronicles the scientific odyssey to understand
genuis and madness through the study of famous brains, including
those of Albert Einstein, Walt Whitman and Vladimir Lenin.
Albert Einstein died 50 years ago Monday. While that day marked
the end of his life, it was only the beginning of a long,
strange journey for his brain.  Thomas Harvey, a doctor at the
hospital where Einstein died, removed the famous scientist's
brain and kept it with him over the next four decades. Harvey
wanted to know what made Einstein a genius.  As Brian Burrell
writes in his new book Postcards from the Brain Museum, Harvey
wasn't alone.  Scientists have long sought to understand the
nature of genius and before computers and imaging technology,
they had few options other than studying the actual brain.
Burrell discusses the long, strange journey of Einstein's brain.
Read an excerpt from Postcards